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Directed by: Abbas Fahdel
Country:
Iraq
Runtime: 5hr 34min
Year: 2015
Last Screened:
Sat 25th Jun 2016
In 2003, with war looming in his native Iraq, Abbas Fahdel returned to his homeland to document life in Baghdad during and after the invasion.
Shot over the course of 2 years, Homeland is a sprawling yet intimate cinematic opus, chronicling in rich detail the realities of daily life for a family in the midst of war. Fahdel captures the occupation at ground level, offering a unique perspective of life during wartime Iraq.
A major and essential film, Fahdel has created a meticulous study of a tragedy, the consequences of which are still not fully understood.
Part of Open City Documentary Festival 2016 and East End Film Festival 2016