Remember Baghdad

  • Great Britain
  • Documentary
  • 2017
  • 69 min.
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Remember Baghdad

  • Great Britain
  • Documentary
  • 2017
  • 69 min.

Synopsis

Remember Baghdad reveals the untold story of Iraq, told through the eyes of the Jews, Iraq's first wave of refugees. After 2,600 years living peacefully in the area, in one generation the community vanishes. using vivid testimony, home movies and news archive, we follow the lives of four families trying to make sense of turbulent times.

Credits

Director(s)

Fiona Murphy

Producer(s)

Ed Dallal

Editor

Charles Chabot, Nick Follows

Original Music

Molly Nyman

Cast

Edwin Shuker, David Dangoor, Eileen Khalastchy, David Khalastchi, Esperance Ben-Moshe, Salim Fattal, Danny Dallal, David Shamash, Eli Amir, Freddy Khalastchy, Zvooloon Hareli

Original Language

English, Hebrew, Arabic

Subtitles

English

  • Special mention

    "in memory of Jerome Kuehl"
    Religion Today Film Festival
    2018

Festival Highlights

Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival, USA , 2019

Embassy of Israel in Singapore, Singapore , 2018

Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg , 2018

Tolerance Film Festival, Indonesia , 2018

Religion Today Film Festival, Italy , 2018

Arizona Jewish Historical Society, USA , 2018

Norwegian Film Institute, Norway , 2018

Danish Film Institute, Denmark , 2018

Berlin Jewish Film Festival, Germany , 2018

Washington Jewish Film Festival, USA , 2018

Arab Film Days, Norway , 2018

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, USA , 2018

Miami Jewish Film Festival, USA , 2018

Jerusaelm Jewish Film Festival, Israel , 2017

United Nations Association Film Festival, USA , 2017

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  • "There is a potency and pungency to this absorbing documentary"
    Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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