How many films about the Iraq war? - Democratic Underground

Bragi

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Tue Sep-04-07 11:26 AM
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How many films about the Iraq war?

I noted last week reports that two new films about Iraq -- Brian De Palma's "Redacted" and Paul Haggis's "In the Valley of Elah" -- were screened at the venice Film Festival.

I then saw an article this morning about another documentary -- "Heavy Metal in Bhagdad" -- to be screened at the TRoronto Film Festival later this month.

So my question is: what other films (either dramas or feature length documentaries) on Iraq have either been released already, or are now in the works?

(My reason for asking: I simply want to get a list together so I can find the films and watch them.)

- B

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harun

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Tue Sep-04-07 11:34 AM
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1. "Iraq in Fragments" was very very well done

Probably most people know about that already though. I just saw it over the weekend and was surprised by how good it was. Just shows people living their lives in Iraq. Doesn't take a political stance just demonstrates that real people over there are having a really hard time.

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Blue_In_AK

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Tue Sep-04-07 01:29 PM
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5. That was a great little movie.

We went to see it a couple months ago.

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Visigoth1

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Tue Sep-04-07 11:34 AM
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2. The wars need to end now, nobody wants to relive the tragedy, nt

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zulchzulu

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Tue Sep-04-07 11:49 AM
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3. I've seen many...here's the most recent one I saw

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/ghostsofabughraib/index.html

It aired on HBO a while back and is now available on DVD. Highly recommended! :thumbsup:

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VWolf

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Tue Sep-04-07 01:12 PM
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4. You have to include Jarhead

It was Gulf War I, but it was Iraq all the same.

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