The 32nd annual Toronto Film Festival, the largest public film festival in the world, takes place from September 6th through 15th, 2007. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" will premiere in the festival's documentary program, 'Real to Reel', as one of 20 of the "most explosive and thought provoking documentaries from the U.S. and around the world..."
In the late summer of 2006, as the insurgency escalated and gripped every corner of the city, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to the Red Zone in Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" is the story of that band and its members, following them from their beginnings under the dying days of Sadaam's rule to the present day. The filmmakers have collected glimpses into the struggles of Acrassicauda as they try to stay together and stay alive. Their story is the untold story of the hopes and dreams of an entire generation of young Iraqis, young lives that have been distorted and displaced by years of continual warfare in their homeland.
To view the trailer: www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com
PRESS ON VBS.TV'S 'HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD':
NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10728819
THE GUARDIAN: http://music.guardian.co.uk/rock/story/0,,2108283,00.html#article_continue
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S REEL POP:
http://www.reelpopblog.com/2007/05/the_only_heavy_.html
ASSOCIATED CONTENT: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/173236/a_rockumentary_with_a_political_twistheavy.html
NEW YORK MAGAZINE.COM: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/tags/heavy%20metal%20in%20baghdad
PRESS ON VBS.TV:
The crew behind the irreverent Vice magazine joins forces with creative consultant Spike Jonze to bring you hipster music and fashion stories. But these globe-trotters truly impress with five- to six-minute news segments: Stories such as "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" and "Inside Sudan" were actually filmed in Baghdad and Sudan. A - ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Director Spike Jonze's online network recalls Nineties-era MTV, when shows like 120 Minutes and Liquid Television rule late-night cable.' - ROLLING STONE
First up, is Vice magazine's VBS.TV. This is probably the best original video site I've seenŠ-ADVERTISING AGE
My new computer obsession is vbs.tv, the online "television" station of Vice magazine. They have all sorts of wacky, hip shows like Dos And Don'ts And Friends (based on the magazine's fashion column) and The Vice Guide To Travel, but it's their music coverage that keeps me watching at my desk daily. - JANEMAG.COM
VBS.TV is a broadband internet television site from the makers of Vice magazine. Launched in March as a free, advertising-supported video network, VBS.TV is updated with 20-30 minutes of original content a day, with more than 30 original series in regular production. VBS.TV content has been featured in MTV International's Best of VBS.TV series.
www.vbs.tv
VICE MAGAZINE is the world's only free, glossy monthly. It is published and distributed in 22 countries around the world. VICE has been named the #1 trendsetter title in marketing survey the Cassandra Report for five straight years.
www.viceland.com
VBS.TV presents
a VICE FILMS production
"HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD"
a film by EDDY MORETTI and SUROOSH ALVI
music by ACRASSICAUDA
edited by BERNARDO LOYOLA
executive producers SPIKE JONZE and SHANE SMITH
produced by MONICA HAMPTON
produced and directed by EDDY MORETTI and SUROOSH ALVI
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