al-Ūdīsā al-ʻIrāqīyah = Iraqi odyssey

الأوديسا العراقية = Iraqi odyssey

Full Title:: al-Ūdīsā al-ʻIrāqīyah = Iraqi odyssey / a film by Samir ; [produced by] Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Coin Film ; written & directed by Samir ; producer, Werner Schweizer, Samir
الأوديسا العراقية = Iraqi odyssey / a film by Samir ; [produced by] Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, Coin Film ; written & directed by Samir ; producer, Werner Schweizer, Samir

Additional Author/Creators:: Samir, 1955-, film director and film producer
Schweizer, Werner, 1955-, film producer
Dschoint Ventschr (Firm), production company
Coin Film (Firm), production company
Typecast Films (Firm), publisher

Genre:: Documentary films
Feature films
Nonfiction films
Subjects:: Samir,1955---Family
Iraq--Emigration and immigration
Iraq--History--1958-
Iraq--Social conditions--20th century

Summary:: The director Samir traces the emigrations of his Iraqi family over more than half a century in this film, which pays moving homage to the frustrated democratic dreams of a people successively plagued by the horrors of dictatorship, war, and foreign occupation.
Language:: Arabic
English
Language Note:: In English and Arabic with English narration and voice-over.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Technical Note:: DVD; NTSC; all regions; 16:9 presentation; Dolby digital 2.0.
General Note:: Originally released as a motion picture in 2014 in a 152 min. version.
Creation/Production Credits Note:: Camera, Lukas Strebel [and three others] ; editors, Sophie Brunner, Ali Alfatlawi, Wathiq Al Ameri ; music score, Maclej Bledziecki.