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Heavy metal in Baghdad, Havī mital in Baghdād, VBS. TV presents ; a Vice Films production ; directed and produced by Eddy Moretti, Suroosh Alvi ; producer, Monica Hampton ; narration written by Bernardo Loyola, Suroosh Alvi

Label
Heavy metal in Baghdad, Havī mital in Baghdād, VBS. TV presents ; a Vice Films production ; directed and produced by Eddy Moretti, Suroosh Alvi ; producer, Monica Hampton ; narration written by Bernardo Loyola, Suroosh Alvi
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive language
Main title
Heavy metal in Baghdad
Oclc number
231757102
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Performance footage shot in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003 & 2005 and Damascus, Syria in 2006
Responsibility statement
VBS. TV presents ; a Vice Films production ; directed and produced by Eddy Moretti, Suroosh Alvi ; producer, Monica Hampton ; narration written by Bernardo Loyola, Suroosh Alvi
Runtime
85
Sub title
Havī mital in Baghdād
Summary
"Follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda (Latin for a deadly black scorpion native to Iraq) from the fall of Saddam Hussein to their escape from Iraq ... From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around Acrassicauda while they struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die"--Container
Table Of Contents
Bonus performances. Underworld -- King without a throne -- Message from Baghdad
Technique
live action
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Havī mital in Baghdād
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