Out of Iraq. A love story (2016)
Out of Iraq showed at the Los Angeles Film Festival last week, and will be broadcast on LOGO on Monday, June 13. The film is by World of Wonder productions, the Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato company responsible for RuPauls Drag Race, as well as multiple LGBTQthemed films like The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Although is often known for campier content, Out of Iraq is a serious documentary, and is directed by Academy Awardwinner Eva Orner (a producer of Taxi to the Dark Side) and Chris McKim. The film is the story of Nayyef Hrebid and Btoo Allami, two soldiers who fall in love in the midst of the Iraq War. Nayyef is a translator for the allied forces in Iraq. This is a highly dangerous position, as he must patrol with the U. S soldiers and marines looking for insurgents, translating between the troops and the terrified families they pull out of their houses for interrogation. Many Iraqis see him as a traitor. For his own protection, the Americans dress him in U. S. army gear and give him the pseudonym David.
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