Iraq in Fragments, Dir James Longley, US 2006
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Iraq in Fragments
A stunningly photographed and poetically rendered documentary of war-torn Iraq, seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds, shorlisted for the Oscars 2007.
Opens 19 January 2007
"A fascinating glimpse of an Iraq the mass media never shows us" Newsweek
Winner of Best Documentary Cinematography, Best Documentary Cinematography and Best Documentary Editing: 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
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. Iraq in Fragments is a trilogy 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 US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. Winner of Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival documentary competition, the film was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and is short-listed for the Oscars 2007.