Baghdad Twist
Directed by Joe Balass · 2008
Baghdad-born filmmaker Joe Balass pieces together home movies, family photos and archival images to recall Iraq's once-thriving Jewish community and his family's path into exile.
A personal archival collage that brings back a vanished Jewish Baghdad through one family's photos and memories.
Featuring a unique collection of archival images, home movies and family photographs from Iraq, Baghdad Twist is a short film that pulls back the curtain on Iraq's once thriving Jewish community. Baghdad-born filmmaker
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