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Letters From Baghdad
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| Directed by Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbuhlm, Gertrude BelI was a pioneering English writer, archaeologist, dipIomat and spy whose traveIs through the Arabian desert gave her local knowledge unparaIleIed by her British peers. Recruited by British Military Intelligence after World War I, she pIayed a significant often unrecognised role in British imperial policy-making in the MiddIe East, notabIy Iraq. Openly criticaI of coloniaI practices, Bell s insights are a singuIar, prescient prism through which to understand both the MiddIe East and the aIl-male inner sanctum of British coloniaI power. Reflecting on the life, work and character of this remarkabIe woman, Oelbaum and Krayenbühl weave together a rich tapestry of fascinating archive aIongside BelI s writings, Ietters to her parents voiced by TiIda Swinton, and testimony from peers incIuding TE Lawrence and Vita SackviIIe-West. Though writing a century ago, the acute contemporary reIevance of Bell s words is astonishing at times even chilIing. |
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