Iraq in Fragments is a documentary film directed by James Longley. Longley shot the film in Digital Video on a Panasonic DVX100 miniDV camcorder. The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it won three awards: "Directing Award Documentary", "Editing Award Documentary" and "Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary".[1] The film is also a part of the Iraq Media Action Project film collection. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2] The film was shot in Iraq and edited at 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle. This film has three parts to it which describe the viewpoints of Sunni, Shi'ite, and Kurdish residents.[3]
| Iraq in Fragments | |
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| Directed by | James Longley |
| Produced by | John Sinno James Longley |
| Cinematography | James Longley |
| Edited by | Billy McMillin Fiona Otway James Longley |
| Music by | James Longley |
| Distributed by | Typecast Releasing HBO Documentary Films |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Arabic English Kurdish |
Film credits
edit- Director: James Longley
- Producers: John Sinno, James Longley
- Editors: Billy McMillin, Fiona Otway, James Longley
- Camera: James Longley
- Post Coordinator: Basil Shadid
- Sound / Music: James Longley
- 2nd Unit Camera: Margaret Longley
- Re-Recording Mixer: Dave Howe
- Colorist: Bill Lord
- Translators: Ahmed Ayed, Ali Zekki, Dler Hashim, Duler Bojan, Istifan Braymok, Mohammed Mohana, Mustapha Hasan, Nadeem Hamid, Reyal Sindi, Zaid Al Rawi, Zaid Fahmi, Zirak Dilshad
Reception
editIraq in Fragments has an approval rating of 91% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 65 reviews, and an average rating of 7.65/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A stylistically bold, humanist take on the difficulties of post-invasion Iraq".[4] It also has a score of 84 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 26 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]
References
edit- ^ 2006 Sundance Film Festival Archived 2012-06-11 at the Wayback Machine sundance.org
- ^ "NY Times: Iraq in Fragments". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ MacDonald, Moira (2006-02-02). "Films with Seattle ties win Sundance, Slamdance awards". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-04-26.
- ^ "Iraq in Fragments".
- ^ "Iraq in Fragments".
