Having fled from Iraq to Canada in 1970 to avoid persecution, Joe Balass and his mother Valentine now share their memories of the once-thriving Jewish community in Baghdad. Balass combines archival images, home movies and family photographs to capture a complex visual memoir of a place and time that no longer exist.
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Joe Balass lives in Montreal. He has directed Nana, George & Me (98),The Devil in the Holy Water (02), Parting Words (06) and Baghdad Twist (07).