Film Night: Remember Baghdad
Overview
The Woolf Institute will be hosting a film night on Sunday 29 April 2018.
6.45pm Arrival and refreshments
7.00pm Screening of Remember Baghdad
8.15pm Presentation and Q&A with Edwin Shuker
Iraq's last Jews tell the story of their country in Remember Baghdad.
Five families from the Jewish community look back on a scarcely imaginable time in Baghdad – Iraq was booming, it was pleasure-seeking, and there was inter-communal trust. Iraq was once one of the most diverse places on earth, more tolerant of its minorities than any European nation.
Today, after decades of war and instability, Iraq is a very different place. In spite of the danger, North Londoner Edwin Shuker decides to return to the country he loved. We follow him back to Baghdad. He wants to buy a house in Iraq so that he can say "the Jews have not all gone". He wants to plant a seed of hope for the future. (Text from http://rememberbaghdad.com/)
Further details of Remember Baghdad can be found at http://rememberbaghdad.com/
How to book
This is an open event. All are welcome.
For further details, contact Lea Taragin-Zeller at lz378@cam.ac.uk
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