| Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs – The Iraqi Connection | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Samir |
| Produced by | Samir Gerd Haag Karin Koch |
| Written by | Samir |
| Starring | Shimon Ballas Moshe Houri |
| Music by | Rabih Abou-Khalil |
| Cinematography | Nurit Aviv Philippe Bellaiche |
| Editing by | Samir Nina Schneider |
| Studio | Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG |
| Distributed by | Arab Film Distribution |
| Release date(s) | March 13, 2003 (Germany) |
| Country | Germany Switzerland |
| Language | English Arabic Hebrew |
Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection is a 2002 documentary film about the Mizrahim, or Jewish community of Iraq. It was written and directed by Samir, an Iraqi born in Baghdad in 1955 and living since 1961 in Switzerland.
The film focuses on five expatriate Iraqi Jews, most living in Israel: Shimon Ballas, Moshe (Moussa) Houri, Sami Michael, Samir Naqqash, and Ella Habiba Shohat.
The film's music is by Rabih Abou-Khalil. It was produced by Karin Koch and Samir and edited by Nina Schneider and Samir. The directors of photography were Nurith Aviv and Philippe Bellaiche.
The film was a coproduction between TagTraum Cologne, Gerd Haag, SF DRS, Teleclub, and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion. It is 112 minutes in length.
The DVD, which is distributed by Arab Film Distribution, comes with a 30-minute "Making of the film" featurette. The DVD has multiple audio tracks and subtitles in English, German, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish.