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Dominican Rep. Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection
- Original title
- Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 112 min.
- Country
Switzerland- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Switzerland-Germany;
- Genre
- Documentary | Historical Documentaries. Religion
- Synopsis
- A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of “Jew” and “Arab” through onehundred years of film, contrasted with the history of Jewish communists from Iraq. The protagonists are Shimon Ballas, a writer and professor of Arabic studies in Tel Aviv and Paris; the best-selling Israeli author Sami Michael from Haifa; Moshe Houri, a former dealer in real estate; writer Samir Naqqash who only publishes in the Arabic language and Ella Shohat, a Professor of Film and Cultural Studies in New York who has written a standard text on the Israeli film industry.
- Awards
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2002: Swiss Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary
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