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Speaking of Baghdad and Sami's Cock
New short films

For the last several years, George corresponded with Iraqi writers in Baghdad, and he made two short films taken from their writing with an international cast (featuring actors from Entourage, Prison Break, Homeland, Grimm, Ugly Betty, Dexter, and more!).  The shorts are Speaking of Baghdad (28 min) and Sami's Cock (4 min).  Sami's Cock, written by Saad Saeed, explains the entire Iraq war in a four minute story about a rooster!   

Their words. Our voices.  

We get a chance to hear the words of Iraq's own writers telling of life in Baghdad during the war.   So far, the films have aired at such diverse places as on television, at ten film festivals, at the US Air Force Academy, and were screened six times by Amnesty International.  DETAILS BELOW!

Speaking of Baghdad currently streams at LinkTV.  We also have a trailer on youtube.

Sami's Cock continues to screen at festivals across the country.   See below for the news on THREE MORE FESTIVALS for the film!

If you are interested in screening the films, please get in touch!

For more information, please check:

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NEWS!  SAMI'S COCK WON BEST DRAMA  AT THE INDEPENDENT FILM QUARTERLY FILM & MEDIA FESTIVAL!  SPEAKING OF BAGHDAD WILL SCREEN AT THE SOCIETY FOR CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES IN MARCH!

 

 

 

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

Speaking of Baghdad recently aired on the international arts television channel Link TV and streams now on their website.   The film was also selected for the online Culture Unplugged Film Festival.

In addition, the films have played or will soon screen at at:

* the Starz-Denver Film Festival (one of Moviemaker magazine Top 25 Film Festivals and Top 20 worth the fee)

* Independent Film Quarterly Film & Media Festival (winner of BEST DRAMA)l

* the Napa-Sonoma Film Festival (one of Moviemaker magazine Top 25 Film Festivals worth the fee)

* the Big Apple Film Festival (one of Moviemaker magazine Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals)

* the New Media Film Festival in San Francisco

* the US Air Force Academy’s Conference on War, Literature, & the Arts

* the Miami Short Film Festival

* Media Art Works in San Francisco

* the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Film Conference

* the Pacific Film Archive/ Berkeley Art Museum Film Festival

* the Art Institute of Boston's Short Attention Span Digital Video Festival

* Amnesty International's Reel Awareness Film Festival at the National Film Board in Toronto

* Amnesty International’s Iraqi event at Columbia Law School in NYC

* Amesty International in Toronto has also screened the film for four of their groups, including one at York University

* Northern Illinois University's Reality Bytes Film Festival

* NYU

* Both films were also finalists and honorable mentions for the USA Film Festival.

 

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CAST & CREW

The acclaimed international cast includes Jamila Alina,Sanjay Chandani (Leverage, Judging Amy), Naz Deravian, David Diaan (America So Beautiful), Jay Harik (American Dreamz), Geoffrey Hillback, C.S. Lee (Dexter, Chuck), Rex Lee (Entourage), Aamer Mahmood, Silas Weir Mitchell (Prison Break, My Name is Earl, Rat Race), Navid Negahban (Charlie Wilson’s War The Closer), Geoffrey Owens (The Cosby Show, Without a Trace, Medium), Keith Szarabajka (Perfect World, We Were Solders, Angel, The Dark Knight), Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), and Alexis Wesley.

Directed by George Larkin.  Produced by George Larkin & Erik Evans. Edited by Erik Evans and Stef Allen.  Directer of photography: Jesse Eisenhardt.  Production sound: Gentry Smith.  Additional camera: Aaron Francis.  Make-up: Angel Wen.  Music by Emmy winner Michael Whalen. Sound design and mix at Skywalker sound by Roy Waldspurger and Michael Kirchberger (Adaptation, Lost In Translation, Chocolat).

Speaking of Baghdad was written by Saad Rahman, Saad Saeed, Basim Al-Hajar, and Majed Jarrar

Sami's Cock was written by Saad Saeed.

The cast includes(from clockwise from top left): Silas Weir Mitchell, C.S. Lee, Keith Szarabajka, Rex Lee, Navid Negahban and Michael Urie (Ugly Betty).

 

 

PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION PHOTOS