Heavy Metal in Baghdad

http://www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com
ON DVD 6/10/08!
Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a documentary feature film that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda (Latin for a deadly black scorpion native to Iraq) from the fall of Saddam Hussein to their escape from Iraq. The band members - Firas (bass), Tony (lead guitar), Marwan (drums) and Faisal (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) - were bred on American heavy metal albums, learning to speak English by listening to Slayer, Metallica and Slipknot. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible preposition, but, after Saddam's regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency.
Directors Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to find Acrassicauda, Iraq's most famous heavy metal band. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around Acrassicauda while they struggled to stay together and stay alive always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.

Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJ1Ki4OM-g
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLbEb8pSh7s
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HEAvK1jazA
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 4)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzlnSH6TmTo
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 5)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryCcURhh1FI
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdxebUzge7I
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arArYUpJ28
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRNlx8F3zcw
Heavy Metal In Baghdad Documentary (Part 9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMasWWIe6ng