Details
Directed by: Sabine Krayenbuhl, Zeva Oelbaum
Country:
United Kingdom, United States, France
Runtime: 1hr 35min
Year: 2016
Last Screened:
Wed 3rd Jan 2018
Recorded Q&A
Letters From Baghdad: Directors Q&AWith never-before-seen archive footage of the region, the film chronicle’s the extraordinary journey of writer, explore and spy Gertrude Bell into both the uncharted Arabian desert and the inner sanctum of British colonial power.
★★★★★ “One of the most cinematically beautiful documentaries” – Flick Filosopher
Explorer, writer, spy and political powerhouse Gertrude Bell shaped the modern Middle East and became one of the most powerful women in the British Empire in her day. Letters From Baghdad tells Bell’s dramatic story using her own words (voiced by Tilda Swinton) and those of her contemporaries, excerpted from their intimate letters, private diaries and official documents.