Baghdad Holiday
Director Richard York, Hannan Majid
Countries
Duration 29 min
Synopsis
Seja Majeed is British Iraqi girl origin living in London. In 2007/8 she visited her family in Baghdad and Basra for the first time while delivering humanitarian supplies to civilians trying to lead a normal life in the midst of a warzone. During her trip, Seja, an aspiring writer and artist, recorded her journeys through the streets and homes of Iraq, gathering relaxed , informal interviews with those trying to lead a normal life in the aftermath of a war and conversations at home with her own family. Through a short series of films which combine documentary journalism with the most eccentric form of holiday video, the audience is granted an insight into the real Baghdad of 2008, concentrating not on the horror and drama of war, but on the daily lives of people struggling for normality.
Seja Majeed is British Iraqi girl origin living in London. In 2007/8 she visited her family in Baghdad and Basra for the first time while delivering humanitarian supplies to civilians trying to lead a normal life in the midst of a warzone. During her trip, Seja, an aspiring writer and artist, recorded her journeys through the streets and homes of Iraq, gathering relaxed , informal interviews with those trying to lead a normal life in the aftermath of a war and conversations at home with her own family. Through a short series of films which combine documentary journalism with the most eccentric form of holiday video, the audience is granted an insight into the real Baghdad of 2008, concentrating not on the horror and drama of war, but on the daily lives of people struggling for normality.