Five short films are brought together in "Sada [regroup]", an anthology by the collective of the same name, which draws a complex picture of the importance of art as a means of expression and denunciation in contemporary Baghdad.
Sajjad Abbas shows artists in guerrilla operations; Ali Eyal composes an intimate and poetic account of the meaning of art in wartime; Sarah Munaf comments on the impact of the new means of communication on life and art; Bassim Al Shaker intersperses real images and delicate animations to talk about the trauma of violence and torture; Rijin Sahakian wonders why the group was encouraged to produce videos, given that Iraq has become the theater of one of the most televised wars in history.
Interviews
Image and sound: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Editing: B Paolucci and Julia Gil
Recording of the works
Image: Helena Wolfenson, Marcos Yoshi and Tom Butcher Cury
Sound: Tomás Franco
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