Baghdad or Bust

Baghdad or Bust is a budget documentary filmed in Canada, Turkey, Kurdistan, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Washington, D.C.[1] During the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, Baghdad or Bust was an official selection at several Film Festivals including Hot Docs and the Bergen Film Festival in Norway. It received the top award for Best Documentary at the 2003 Whistler Film Festival.[2][3][4][5][6] Baghdad or Bust was described as a funny, poignant take on the war in Iraq, chronicling the misadventures of Gordon and two fellow Yellowknifers as they meander through the Middle East during the U.S. invasion, interviewing such stranger-than-fictional characters as a piratical Kurd and a Turkish rug-monger with a cat named Bush. Armed with a microphone, director Matt Frame's self-effacing and sardonic wit wins the day with his parody of Michael Moore's filmmaking style. "[7][8]

Baghdad or Bust
Directed byMatt Frame
Written byMatt Frame
Produced byPaul Gordon
CinematographyAdam Bowick
Paul Gordon
Edited byMatt Frame
Music byHans Schnabel
Distributed byCanadian Broadcasting Corporation
Release date
2004
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

See also

References
  1. Voices Of Education
  2. Award Winners. Quickbeam Films. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.
  3. Whistler Film Festival Archived September 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Internet Movie Database
  5. Film Circuit Quarterly Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Amazon Editorial Review. Amazon.com. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.
  7. CBC Canada North. Cbc.ca (February 7, 2005). Retrieved on December 2, 2011.
  8. Jewish Film Archive. Jewishfilm.com. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.


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