We Iraqis
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We Iraqis is a documentary film, written and directed by the Iraqi-French film director Abbas Fahdel in 2003.
[edit] Synopsis
Bagdad 2003, few weeks before the war. Daily life in a home like many others, that of the director’s brother. The preparations waiting for the outbreak of war, the comments in front of the images on TV, stocking up on food, the difficulty of the children to go to school. Another face of Iraq, that is more human and deeper: the fears and hopes of a people that is emerging from the nightmare of a dictatorship only to fall once more into chaos. After the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, the director returned to Baghdad and meets the people. “I came to film death, but life got the upper hand..”
[edit] Awards
- Mention of the Jury, 15th African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival, Milano, Italy, 2005
