In the Shadow of the Palms (2005)

Directed by

Wayne Coles-Janess

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary follows ordinary Iraqis before during and after the 2003 U.S. led invasion. It shows how their daily lives and society changed under the fall of Saddam Hussein.

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What happens

In the Shadow of the Palms (2005) is a documentary produced and directed by the Australian filmmaker Wayne Coles-Janess. He filmed it in Iraq prior to, during and after the fall of Saddam Hussein after the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the U.S. An Arab-language film, it documents the changes in Iraqi society and the lives of ordinary Iraqis by focusing on a cross-section of individuals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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