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Eddy Moretti,
Suroosh Alvi,
Firas al Lateef,
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Suroosh Alvi,
Eddy Moretti
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: Virgil Films and Entertainment
: Documentary, Political & Social Issues, Music, Quirky Characters
: 84 min.
: English
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VICE Magazine co-founder Suroosh Alvi and VICE Films head Eddy Moretti embark on a gonzo journey to meet Iraq's only heavy metal band in a freewheeling documentary focusing on youth culture in war-torn Iraq. In the summer of 2005, shortly after Saddam Hussein's brutal rule came to an end, Iraqi heavy metal group Acrassicauda (named after an especially venomous breed of black scorpion) teamed with VICE Magazine to stage a sold out rock concert. Over a year later, VICE co-founder Alvi and filmmaker Moretti travel back to the Middle Eastern country to find out how the war has affected the band. What they find upon arriving for their reunion with Acrassicauda is especially disturbing. These are the images that the network news refuses to run - the story of an entire generation who risk their lives simply by standing in the open, and who are driven from their homeland by bombs and machinegun fire. In order to even practice, the band would have to risk their lives by exposing themselves to both Iraqi snipers and suspicious coalition forces. Then again, after your studio has been bombed into the ground what's the point in rehearsing anyway? ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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| One of the most interesting, direct, & non-preachy documentaries on the current state of Iraq
by JPdellamorte
July 27, 2008 - 5:47 AM PDT
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| Great documentary that captures the current state of the War on Terror without being the least bit heavy-handed. Does a great job at revealing to us the big picture by choosing a subject that's *not* the War, but a group of people living in a society where simple things like organizing a concert is near-impossible, but explosions and death are commonplace. That they're a heavy metal band is incidental, you don't need to be a metalhead to appreciate this fine documentary. |
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