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Review: Maesmak

Maesmak

Set in 2002 in Rutba, Maesmak is a poetic documentary that portrays a road trip to Baghdad, a go-to-death journey experienced by a Greek traveller, an English doctor and an Iraqi story-teller. All this happens just a few weeks before the invasion of Iraq.

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Review: Mama L’Chaim!

Mama, to life! (Mama, L’Chaim!)

Mama L’Chaim! is a deeply moving story told by a ninety-year-old concentration camp survivor in the presence of her son Chaim, who is now sixty-five. Chaim has made it his mission to give his mother the 24-hour care she needs, as the least compensation for her hard life experiences.

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