2009-04-06T16:04:47Z 7 2009-04-14T19:30:00Z false false false false false false <p style="text-align: left;">With over 1 million Iraqis dead, 4 million refugees, 4,000 dead American soldiers and a total cost of 1-4 trillion dollars, the war in Iraq remains the most important fact of American politics, but it has faded from the headlines. The scraps of television coverage that still make the news don't go far beyond US military press releases and Iraqi politicians interviewed inside the Green Zone.&nbsp; &lsquo;Obama&rsquo;s Iraq' is a collection of short films from the other side of the blast shields in Iraq's walled cities. Rick Rowley covers a very different side of the war than is ever seen on American television. He reports un-embedded from war-torn Falluja, from the giant US prison at Umm Qasr, from the Mehdi Army stronghold inside Sadr City, from the places where mainstream corporate channels can not or will not go.</p> <p><strong>Question and Answer with Director Richard Rowley to Follow the Documentary</strong><a href="http://www.bignoisefilms.com"><br />www.bignoisefilms.com</a></p> <p>For more information, please contact the Middle East Studies Program Director, Bassam Haddad (<a href="mailto: bhaddad@gmu.edu">bhaddad@gmu.edu</a>)<br />or visit <a href="../../">mes.gmu.edu</a></p> The Middle East Studies Program and MEtc Film Club 64 Meese Room, Mason Hall Building false false false false 5 2009-04-14T19:30:00Z With over 1 million Iraqis dead, 4 million refugees, 4,000 dead American soldiers and a total cost of 1-4 trillion dollars, the war in Iraq remains the most important fact of American politics, but it has faded from the headlines. Obama’s IRAQ Film Screening 2009-04-14T11:54:14Z http://mes.gmu.edu