Iraq in Fragments
- Original title
- Iraq in Fragments
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 94 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Documentary
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United States-Iraq;
- Genre
- Documentary | Iraq War
- Synopsis
- An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied.
American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Winner of Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival documentary competition, the film was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
2007: Academy Awards: Nominated Best Documentary
- Awards
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2006: Nominated for Oscar: Best Documentary2006: Sundance: Best Director Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best ediciĆ³n2006: National Board of Review (NBR): Top Documentaries of the Year2006: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director / Documentary
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