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- 2003
- AFD Theatricals
- 1 h 52 m
- 2003
- AFD Theatricals
- 1 h 52 m
Summary This documentary profiles several Middle Eastern Jews, emigrants from Iraq to Israel, and examines the politics of alienation and instrumentalization of Arab Jews.
- 2003
- AFD Theatricals
- 1 h 52 m
- 2003
- AFD Theatricals
- 1 h 52 m
Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection
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Summary This documentary profiles several Middle Eastern Jews, emigrants from Iraq to Israel, and examines the politics of alienation and instrumentalization of Arab Jews.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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63% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
58
38% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Articulate interviews and an unusually creative visual style make the picture as lively to watch as it is illuminating to think about.
The constant flow of background images can be distracting, but this is nonetheless a fascinating film that offers an unexpected and valuable perspective on the on-going Arab-Israeli conflict.
Despite some fancy editing, Forget Baghdad is forgettable.
Feels a little too much like a film-school project, but it does offer an informative look at a timely issue.
Never finds a comfortable fit between its biographies and its theorizing.
Grainy video and gimmicky editing give this documentary an amateurish feel, but Samir's charming, rueful interlocutors shine through.
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Production Company
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG,
TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion
Release Date Dec 5, 2003
Duration 1 h 52 m
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Awards
Zurich Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Swiss Film Prize
• 1 Nomination
