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200610 minPGdocumentary

Thinking About Leaving

200610 minPGdocumentary

In Iraq, director Hiba Bassem reflects on the impact of three years of conflict while living with her family in a house without electricity and constant danger.

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In Iraq, director Hiba Bassem reflects on the impact of three years of conflict while living with her family in a house without electricity and constant danger.

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Living in a house with her sisters, mother and brother without electricity and surrounded by constant danger, director Hiba Bassem ruminates about what the past three years have brought to those who are living in Iraq.

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