About Baghdad

[1] The film features the artist Sinan Antoon as he returns to his native Baghdad, after leaving Iraq in 1991.

[3] The film was directed by a collective including Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi, Suzy Salamy, Rania Masri and Adam Shapiro.

Sinan Antoon conducts relatively short interviews with Iraqi's in Baghdad, as a way to voice their opinions on not only the fallen Saddam Hussein Regime, but also the current occupation of The United States in Iraq.

[8] The team that contributed to the production of the documentary consists of: Sinan Antoon (novelist and poet), Adam Shapiro (founder of the International Solidarity Movement), Rania Masri (director of Southern Research and Education Centre), Bassam Haddad (professor of Political Science at the Saint Joseph's University), Suzy Salamy (a New York-based film maker) and Maya Mikdashi (a Georgetown University graduate).

[10] The rather chaotic setup presented by the producers does not only aim to reflect the current situation in Baghdad in terms of destruction, additionally it also aims to reflect the spiritual chaos Iraqi's are faced with, after encountering several wars and repressive regimes.