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Pushing beyond the form and frame of conventional documentaries, director James Longley creates a view of modern-day Iraq that, while familiar, couldn't be further from what we see on the news - this is filmmaking rather than reporting. An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments 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 US 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.
Original Release
01/21/2006
US Release
01/21/2006
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mohammed Haithem | Himself / Self |
Suleiman Mahmoud | Himself / Self |
Muqtada al-Sadr | Self |
George W. Bush | Self |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mohammed Haithem | Himself / Self |
Suleiman Mahmoud | Himself / Self |
Muqtada al-Sadr | Self |
George W. Bush | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sara Bernstein | Producer |
Jannat Gargi | Producer |
James Longley | Producer |
John Sinno | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2007 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |