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Special Screening: Hiding Saddam Hussein

Sat, Jul 13, 2024
    Part of
  • Contemporary Arab Cinema
  • and
  • BAM Film 2024
Directed by Halkawt Mustafa (2023)
With Yassin Hamad Amin, Saidulla Faizulla, Chnar Imad Ghanm

Over 20 years after footage of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein crawling out of a hole in the ground became iconic, the modest farmer who hid the deposed president beneath a flowerbed in his garden for eight months tells his fantastical tale. On camera, the farmer recounts assuming the roles of presidential hairdresser, physician, and bodyguard—and the unlikely friendship that emerged, even as he ignored a $25 million bounty. The story is richly illustrated with re-enacted scenes interspersed with news reports of the time.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      92min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

      LANGUAGE

      In Arabic with English subtitles

      TICKET INFORMATION

      General Admission: $16
      Members: $8
      Please note: A $1.50 processing fee per ticket will be added to your order

      Leadership support for
      BAM Access Programs provided by
      the Jerome L. Greene Foundation

      JL Greene

      Leadership support for
      BAM Film provided by
      the Ford Foundation and
      The Thompson Family Foundation

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