Iraqi women filmmakers: The power of stories and moving images
The power of stories and moving images The four short films produced as part of the "Women Make Film" project are well worth seeing. They grapple with the ghosts that haunt Iraq: the horrors of IS rule, outdated gender roles and the aftermath of dictatorship. Christopher Resch spoke to the filmmakers A taxi driver glances disparagingly in the rear-view mirror at the boy and his mother in the back seat. The boy's naïve questions not only reveal what has happened, but are also incredibly painful. "Mama, why do people say that papa is with IS?" "Mama, why did the principal throw us out of the s...
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