mohamed al-Dharadji

Iraq’s Mohamed Al-Daradji battles inner demons through film

The film transports viewers to 2006 — five minutes before Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein died by hanging at dawn, Daradji says — and introduces a female suicide bomber planning an attack
The first film to be released commercially in Iraq in 27 years, “The Journey” has been selected as Iraq’s official contender for the upcoming Oscars

By AFP · 03 December 2018