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Sumer. Babylon. The epic Gilgamesh and the Tower of Babel. Today, these names still resonate. They embody Mesopotamia – the land between the two rivers of Tigris and Euphrates. Regarded as a cradle of civilization, within this historical region humanity organized itself into a society of tens of thousands. Jawad Bashara, an Iraqi writer exiled in France under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, r…

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Imad's Childhood

Iraq | 2021

After two and a half years in ISIS captivity, Imad and his family are released into a displaced persons' camp. Not yet five, Imad has already spent over half his life enduring terror, abuse and "training" designed to make him heartless. Speaking only Arabic, he cannot communicate with his family and the only means of expression at his disposal is violence. This poignant film follows his hesitant …

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Iraq Elections

Iraq | 2021

Iraq has held its fifth election since the US-led invasion in 2003. The government is portraying the election as fulfilling the public demand for change but protesters denounce it as neither free nor fair.

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Yazidi Return

Iraq | 2021

Seven years ago an attack from the Islamic State forced 100,000 Yazidis to flee their homes in northern Iraq to Mount Sinjar, where they were trapped for days. What is life like for the survivors?

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Assassins of Iraq

Iraq | 2021

In one of his last interviews in 2020, Iraq’s foremost security expert, Hisham al-Hashimi, spoke of the resurgence of IS. Three weeks later he was murdered in Baghdad. The incident caused shockwaves and revealed that Iraq's fragile status as an independent, secular country is being fatally undermined by both sides of the sectarian religious divide. This investigation examines the resurgence of IS…

Mesopotamia 3D

Iraq | 2021

Imad's Childhood

Iraq | 2021

Iraq Elections

Iraq | 2021

Yazidi Return

Iraq | 2021

Assassins of Iraq

Iraq | 2021