A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of "Jew" and "Arab" through one hundred years of film, contrasted with the history of Jewish communists from Iraq. The protagonists are Shimon Ballas, a writer and professor of Arabic studies in Tel Aviv and Paris; the best-selling Israeli author Sami Michael from Haifa; Moshe Houri, a former dealer in real estate; writer Samir Naqqash who only publishes in the Arabic language and Ella Shohat, a Professor of Film and Cultural Studies in New York who has written a standard text on the Israeli film industry.
Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection
An exploration of the portrayal of Jewish and Arab stereotypes in film over the past century, intertwined with the remarkable life stories of four Iraqi-Jewish communist individuals.
