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Shocking and Awful - A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation


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Programs in this series

  • Baghdad
    A lyrical, moving and disturbing video montage of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq.
  • Channels of War
    The mainstream television networks have fanned the flames of war, and have profited from doing so. This program looks at how the U.S. corporate media has sanitized our field of vision.
  • Dance of Death
    The American military in Iraq: lambs led to slaughter or centurions for the Empire? Either way, U.S. troops are locked in a deadly interaction with the people of Iraq. This program is also available with Spanish subtitles.
  • Empire and Oil
    Modern empires run on oil, and controlling these resources is key to the domination of potential rivals. This program examines the recent history of the Middle East and the Iraq War in relation to the desire of Western powers to control its petroleum resources, "the greatest strategic prize in history.”
  • Erasing Memory
    In the wake of the U.S. invasion, the military stood by and watched the destruction of the museums and archives of Iraq, the oldest treasures of human civilization. Millennia of history were bombed, looted and destroyed, and with them much of the memory and culture of Iraq,
  • Globalization At Gunpoint
    The military occupation of Iraq has enabled the U.S. to enforce privatization of the Iraqi economy, in effect, selling off Iraq's assets to foreign investors. A look at the challenges to privatization.
  • National Insecurities
    In the wake of 911 the U.S. government launched a 21st century pogrom against Arabs and Muslims in the U.S, inflaming racial and religious hatreds and fears. How have people responded?
  • Resistance At Home
    Millions of Americans have said NO! to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and the larger Bush agenda of clampdowns on free speech, increased spying on citizens and the elimination of civil liberties.
  • Standing With The Women of Iraq
    Iraqi women's passionate statements of resistance to U.S. occupation are intercut with actions by Code Pink, Women in Black and others who have been at the forefront of protests against the war in the U.S.
  • The Art of Resistance
    Picasso responded to the fascist takeover of Spain in the 1930s with his famous painting Guernica. Artists today are responding the the U.S. occupation of Iraq and domestic repression with music, murals, street performance, comedy, cartoon animations and giant puppets. This program is also available with Spanish subtitles.
  • The Real Face of Occupation
    What does the U.S. military occupation of Iraq looks from the other end of the gun barrel. Part One of a twelve part series on the war in Iraq.
  • The World Says NO To War
    Documents the massive protests of tens of millions of people throughout the world in opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Sounds and images from 16 countries show passionate and creative reactions to militarism and occupation.

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Blogs

  • Uprooted - A Grassroots Examination of the Politics of Migration
    Uprooted is multiplatform (web, tv, dvd) media tool for activists and organizers advocating for migrant rights. It highlights the social, political and economic policies that drive migration. It encourages and enables migrant communities and their allies to document and distribute their narratives.
  • Waves of Change
    Waves of Change: The Many Voices of the Global Village is a multimedia project designed to survey community media around the world by compiling and archiving the creative use of participatory communication globally.

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Baghdad

ProductionYear: 2005
Runtime: 28:00
Producers: Dario Bellini
Editors: Dario Bellini
Series: Shocking and Awful - A Grassroots Response to War and Occupation
Locale: : Iraq, Baghdad
Subject: Middle East Studies, Peace Studies
Catalogue Number: 03278
Italian filmmaker Dario Bellini has created a haunting collage of visual images that shows the human face of war: the Iraqi men and women and children who have been the victims of the U.S. invasion and occupation. The absurdly unequal contest inaccurately called a "war", the blind destruction of so much, the sorrow and pain, the tragedy and hope in the eyes of so many people.

Sequence Credits

Still Photos
Dario Bellini

Camera
Akram Al Yasiri, Dario Bellini, Guido Cravero, Marcos E. Galan, Phil Carthright, Salah Al Yasere, Salam Q. Chalap, Tiago Ferreira

Music
Iham Al Madfai
Kutthar, Baghdad
Special Thanks to
Alessandro Martinez, Christoff Waner, Dante Lomazzi, Giovanna Botten, Raquel Matos Cruz, Dr. Friedrich Orter, Mayka Schabenbeck, Thar Al Alanee, Teve Ward, Andrea Casentini




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