Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Heavy Metal in Bagdad

You all need to see this movie. Even if you don't like heavy metal, because it is an important commentary on the war in Iraq.
This documentary follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda (black scorpion). They are the first ever Iraqi heavy metal band (or so they say), and they face a lot of things to be able to play in an environment that sees them as troublemakers of sorts. The documentary tells of a broken country and how nothing seems to help.
At one point they showed a clip from a concert from back when Saddam Hussein was still dictator and they had to sing this song praising him. And then they tell how for a year after he was gone it became a little better, but after about a year it all went downhill.
This one quote tore at my heart, at the end the band wanted to see some of the old footage, and it got kind of emotional, and one of the bandmembers said: "This is what the world turns it back upon, when they see this on TV they turn it off. We have to live this" (or something like that, don't remember it word for word unfortunately). I felt for them, and I wish I could make it better. The bombing and the war need to stop. And you all need to see this movie, even if you don't like heavy metal.

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