"... a one-man production of startling audacity and aesthetic provocation. ... if Longley's astonishing feat of poetic agitation has a precedent in the entire history of documentary, I'm not aware of it."
-- Rob Nelson, The Village Voice

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.

This film has won many awards, inlcuding Oscar for best documentary. The film will be followed by some live iraqi music in the bar, and preceeded by a short film from the festival.

Followed by some live iraqi music in the bar and preceeded by a short film from the festival.

REEL IRAQ FESTIVAL

This film was part of the REEL IRAQ FESTIVAL in Edinburgh, and we are showing a second film from that festival in July:

Thursday 2nd July, 7.30pm: Ahlaam (2007)

After decades of conflict and the trauma of occupation, Iraq faces an uncertain future.

We host these two screenings as these films reveal the complexity of life in Iraq, a view which is a million miles from the sensationalist and momentary snapshots that we get from the mainstream news.