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Fri 02.24.2012
Iraq Film Series: About Baghdad
When: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Where: At The Center
About Baghdad (2004)
by InCounter Productions
Co-directed and Co-produced by Sinan Antoon
103 minutes
Q&A with Iraqi poet and writer and Co-director/Co-producer Sinan Antoon and Pedro Azara, curator of Baghdad, 1952-1982
In July 2003 Sinan Antoon, an exiled Iraqi writer and poet, returned to Baghdad to see what has become of his city after wars, sanction, decades of oppression and violence, and now occupation. Antoon takes us on a journey exploring what Iraqis think and feel about the post-war situation and the complex relationship between the US and Iraq. About Baghdad is a journey into the hearts and minds of the hundreds of Iraqis we encountered in Baghdad. In the simmering heat of Baghdad’s summer, Iraqis, of various ethnic and political backgrounds and orientations, speak of past horrors and present fears. Reflection on the traumatic legacy of dictatorship, sanction and war also reflect the resilience and humanity of a people who were, for decades, dehumanized and disappeared behind Saddam’s image. From poets to politicians, cabbies to communists, a retired senior citizen to an American soldier at Bremmer’s headquarters, About Baghdad navigates the dire, and often misunderstood and misrepresented, straits separating, yet involving, both Iraqis and Americans.
Cost: free for AIA members and students; $10 for non-members. A series pass to attend all 5 films is $40.
TICKETS
Organized by the Center for Architecture.
A program of the exhibitions Change: Architecture and Engineering in the Middle East, 2000-Present and City of Mirages: Baghdad, 1952-1982 on view at the Center for Architecture.
The presentation of these exhibitions at the Center for Architecture is made possible through the generous support of the following sponsors:
Benefactor:
Lead Sponsor:
Sponsors:
Eytan Kaufman Design and Development
FXFOWLE
Supporters:
Arup
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Dewan Architects & Engineers
GAD
HDR
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
NAGA Architects
Ramla Benaissa Architects
RBSD Architects
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
World Monuments Fund
Zardman
RELATED PROGRAMMING
Opening Reception
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 6-9pm
Change in the Middle East: Preserving the Past, Inventing the Future
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11am-5pm
LIVE FEED: Middle East Collaborations 2005-2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6-8pm
Culture and Climate: Contemporary Architectural Responses in the Middle East
Thursday, March 1, 2012, 6-8pm
Guided Exhibition Tour @theCenter
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 6-7:30pm
Iraqi Culture Pre- and Post- Invasion: From Secular to Sectarian
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 6-8pm
Building ANew: Noor Theatre Presents A Reading of Short Plays by Award-Winning Middle Eastern Playwrights
Friday, March 16, 2012, 7pm
Faster and Bigger: Building in the Middle East
Monday, April 2, 2012, 6-8pm
FamilyDay@theCenter
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Practice in the Middle East
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 8-9:30am
Architecture in Baghdad, Then and Now
Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 6-8pm
The National Mosque of Baghdad Competition: A Conversation Between Denise Scott Brown, Renata Holod and Frederic Schwartz
Friday, May 4, 2012, 6-8pm
IRAQ FILM SERIES
Fridays throughout the exhibition duration starting at 6:30pm
February 24, 2012: About Baghdad (2004) - Q&A with Iraqi poet and writer Sinan Antoon and Pedro Azara, curator of Baghdad, 1952-1982
March 2, 2012: Nice Bombs (2006)
March 9, 2012: Son of Babylon (2010)
March 23, 2012: Daily Baghdad (2004)
April 13, 2012: 16 Hours in Baghdad (2004) - Q&A with Iraqi actor Abbas Noori Abbood
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