Shadow in Baghdad (2013)
- Original title
- צל בבגדד
- Directed by
- Duki Dror
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Israel
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 4 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.
How it feels
An Israeli woman who fled Iraq in the 1970s works with a young Iraqi journalist to investigate what happened to her father after she left. The story unfolds across Israel, Iraq and Jordan.
melancholicreflectivepersonalinvestigativeintimateslow-burnpoignantmeditative
What happens
Shadow in Baghdad is a 2013 documentary film directed by Duki Dror. The film chronicles the story of Linda Abdul Aziz Menuhin, an Israeli citizen who fled her native Iraq in the 1970s, and her connection with a young Iraqi journalist who reaches out to her in an effort to help her trace the disappearance of her father in Iraq shortly after she fled the country. The film takes place between Israel, Iraq and Jordan. The film was first released in Haifa Film Festival and was one of the reasons that led to the rise of public interest in Israel and around world, in the story of the disappearance of Jews from Arab lands. The film was screened in the US Library of Congress in Washington with the opening of the exhibition of the Iraqi Jewish Archive in the National Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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