The lost dream / directed and produced by Jehan S. Harney.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Harney, Jehan S.

Arab Films.

Ziyara Films.

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Refugees--United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraqis--United States--Social conditions.

Iraqis.

Political refugees--Iraq--Psychology.

Political refugees.

Political refugees--United States--Social conditions.

Iraqis--Social conditions.

Political refugees--Psychology.

Political refugees--Social conditions.

Refugees.

Iraq.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (70 minutes)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Seattle, Wash.] : [Arab Film Distribution], 2013.

Language Note:

English and Arabic with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

Ten years after the US-led war in Iraq, thousands of displaced Iraqi refugees are still facing a crisis in the United States, yet their personal stories have been mostly under reported. The Lost Dream, follows Nazar and Salam who had to flee Iraq in order to avoid threats by Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups and Iraqi insurgents that consider them "traitors" for supporting US forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Once in the U.S., however, they find themselves without any resources or support, wondering in the end if it was all worth it. Through their Iraqi home videos, personal diaries, and media coverage the film intimately captures their emotional, psychological, and physical struggles as they try to reconcile their hopes for a liberated Iraq with their harsh reality as refugees who can never go home.

Participant:

Featuring, Nazaar Joodi, Salam.

Credits:

Editor, Christina Burchard ; cinematography, Jehan S. Harney ; music, Barbara Cohen, Irving Victoria.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2023).

OCLC:

864444745

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.