In James Longley's powerful documentary, Iraq in Fragments, for example, the middle section of the film is a penetrating verite insight into the supporters of radical cleric Moqtada-al-Sadr.

I saw two very dissimilar films a day apart this week: Iraq in Fragments and the new James Bond film, Casino Royale. One film cost tens of millions and was shot in exotic locations like Venice ...

It's hard to make a film that transcends the fiercely polarized debate about the Iraq war, but documentary filmmaker James Longley has done just that with "Iraq in Fragments," a vivid, poetic ...

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An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage ...

Although everyone in the film expresses a desire for normalcy and peace, the Kurds seem closer to achieving it than their fellow citizens. Since “Iraq in Fragments” was finished, the ...

Documentaries dealing with the Iraq war are as numerous as those ... we ride along with masked religious vigilantes. The third fragment of this film takes place in the agrarian Kurdish north ...

James Longley’s beautifully crafted, poetic documentary frames war-torn Iraq through the daily experience ... Without making any explicit claim to do so, the movie quietly probes the religious ...

Iraq in Fragments (94 mins, nc ... There are some striking images, but the film is less useful for not having any commentary on the confused events depicted.

The movie industry often waits until the actual fighting dies ... few documentaries have been produced on one of today’s hottest topics. James Longleys Iraq in Fragments, therefore, would seem to have ...

He’s also responsible for this film’s music. But the most significant credits for this examination of Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds may be the dozen translators listed. (“The future of ...