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Synopsis
A stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of Iraq today, seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. James Longley's 3-part opus is a series of intimate, passionately felt portraits: a fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to a cruel owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary.
Film Information
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: James Longley
- Running Time: 94 minutes, approx.
- MPAA Rating: Not Rated
- Language: English
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Reviews
"Offers the Iraqis a rare chance to share their anger and their lives with the outside world. The resulting production is a raw and powerful film that demands to be seen."
- Phil Hall, Film Threat
"The calm poetry of the cinematography offsets the mess of the politics to stunning effect."
- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Oregon-born and Seattle-based director James Longley profiles three lives in his impressionistic portrait of Iraq's Sunni, Shia and Kurd communities."
- Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Much as Emile de Antonio's neglected "In the Year of the Pig" (1968) may be the only major documentary about Vietnam that actually considers the Vietnamese, this film allows the people of Iraq to speak, and what they say is fascinating throughout."
- Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
"Langley's impeccably nonjudgmental camera knows exactly what details to record. Drawn from more than 300 hours of footage, the film's all too brief 94 minutes mesmerizes with its insight and, rarer still, its beauty."
- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Showtimes
- Thursday, February 1st
7:00 pm - Friday, February 2nd
4:30 pm, 7:00 pm - Saturday, February 3rd
2:00 pm, 9:30 pm - Sunday, February 4th
2:00 pm, 4:30 pm - Monday, February 5th
4:30 pm, 7:00 pm - Tuesday, February 6th
9:30 pm