Iraq in Fragments

Eye-catching photography highlights this Oscar-nominated, insightful, three-part documentary that was filmed over 2 years in which part 1 focuses on the daily life of illiterate, 11-year-old, Sunni orphan Mohammed Haithem in war-ravaged Baghdad who works for a stern auto mechanic and dreams of being in a beautiful place far from the capital city; part 2 focuses on Sadr-following Iraqis in the southern Shiite cities Najaf and Nasiriya who are trying to establish a democratic election system while living in the politically and religiously charged chaotic climate under strict Islamic laws enforced by an iron-fisted militia; and part 3 focuses on a hopeful Kurdish family living in the north whose livelihood depends on shepherding and working in a brick factory.
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