Iraq’s Political Climate; Iraqi Film “Son of Babylon” (Part II of Interview)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
This week on Voices of the Middle East & North Africa, we have a conversation with Professor Sinan Antoon of New York University about the current political situation in Iraq as the stalemate in forming a government continues.
Son of Babylon
Later in the program, we’ll bring you the second part of our conversation with Iraqi film maker Mohamed Al-Daradji, about his award winning feature film Ibne Babel, or Son of Babylon, a story about a grandmother and grandson in occupied Iraq. The film has been selected as Iraq’s official entry for the foreign language Oscar at the 2011 Academy Awards. Al-Daradji also speaks with us about the unsteady state of the film industry in Iraq.