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'Heavy Metal In Baghdad' Makes Its Way To America

January 9, 2008

Variety reports that "Heavy Metal in Baghdad", a documentary about a headbanging band's travails in Iraq, has been picked up for North America by Arts Alliance America.

The distributor plans a theatrical bow in the spring, with a DVD release soon to follow. The film preemed at the Toronto Film Festival.

According to the Toronto Star, "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" tells the story of ACRASSICAUDA (translated from Arabic, it means "The Black Scorpion"),which is said to be Iraq's only heavy metal band. First covered in an article in Vice magazine, it was then made into a five-part short series that appeared last year on their web video offshoot, VBS.tv.

But with all the footage collected over the years, Vice decided the band could become the subject of the company's first full-length feature. The film tells the band's harrowing and touching story with humour and empathy. The handheld camera-shot documentary helps to humanize the Iraqi conflict.

"Heavy Metal In Baghdad" theatrical trailer:

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