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Iraq in fragments, Typecast Pictures presents a Daylight Factory production ; director, James Longley ; producers, John Sinno, James Longley

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Iraq in fragments

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Typecast Pictures presents a Daylight Factory production ; director, James Longley ; producers, John Sinno, James Longley

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Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering 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 U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds

Disc 1. Iraq in fragments (94 min.) -- disc 2. Sari's mother (21 min.) -- Iraq before the war (14 min.) -- An interview with James Longley (20 min.) -- Independent Film & Television College (IFTC) shorts: Hiwar (12 min.); Let the show begin (15 min.); Omar is my friend (15 min.); Baghdad days (34 min.)

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