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Where is Iraq?

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Contributed by Citizen Shift

Length: 19 min 18 sec

License: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)

Year of Production: 2004

Director:

Baz Shamoun

Producer:

Enkido Production

Stuck on the Iraqi / Jordanian border, about a dozen men talk to filmmaker Baz Shamoun about their life before and after the American invasion. One elderly man tells the story of his his familys encounters with Abu Ghraïb. Another talks about the brutalities his family endured, and yet another talks of suffering as his family members were used as guinea pigs in a cruel experiment. Conflict, confrontation, and suffering are all these men have ever known.