The Boys from Baghdad High

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The Boys from Baghdad High
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(Die Jungs von Bagdad High)
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88 min. , color
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UK: 7 November 2007, Sheffield Film Festival
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Many young Iraquis have a traumatized youth. They have to deal with the war every day. Four pupils of the Tariq bin Siad High School have filmed their lives within their families, in school and with friends for ten months. Ali is Kurd, Anmar is Christian, Heyder is Shiite and Mohammed is half Shiite and half Sunnite. They all live in Sajuna, a middle-class quarter of Bagdad. They are teenagers with typical dreams and fears of their age, but the conflict between the religious groups influences their life. The situation in Sajuna gets more dangerous and every moment one has to expect an attack. The four boys fear a civil war and hope for peace. They hope that things get better after they have passed their final exams.
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Ali A. Allawi. The Occupation of Iraq. Winning the War, Losing the Peace. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007.

Sorana Scholtes. Der Krieg und die Medien. Die Berichterstattung über den Irakkrieg 2003. Saarbrücken: VDM Verl. Müller, 2007.
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