Plot Summary

In the Iraq in Fragments' first chapter, Mohammed Haithem is an 11-year-old forced to make his own way in Bagdhad after the disappearance of his parents. Mohammed earns his keep working in an auto-repair shop, though he would prefer to go back to school, and has developed a precocious cynicism about the presence of U.S. troops along with a fear of the ongoing battles between Sunni and Shia forces. Elsewhere, the struggle of the Kurdish people of Iraq is personified in a handful of people working together on a farm, where they tend crops, make bricks, and look to their blighted past as well as hoping for a brighter future. And the fundamentalist Shiite cabal of Moqtada Sadr is profiled as they travel from Najaf to Naseriyah, promoting government based on a strict interpretation of Muslim law. As Moqtada Sadr's military cadres enforce the rule they have set down, they clash with American soldiers, further dividing an already polarized populace.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

• Widescreen - 1.78
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Arabic
• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English, Arabic
• Subtitles - English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish - Optional
• Audio Commentary - James Longley - Director
• Interviews - James Longley - Director
• Short Films
• Trailers