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Return to the Land of Wonders
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Wikipedia article
'Return to the Land of Wonders' is a documentary film made almost single-handedly by Maysoon Pachachi in 200304.
Pachachi went returned to Iraq after an absence of 30 years when her father, Adnan Pachachi, was appointed to the Iraqi Governing Council in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. She brought a video camera with her to document conditions in Iraq and her father's participation in the drafting of Iraq's interim constitution.
Reception
On Metacritic, 'Return to the Land of Wonders' holds a 60 out of a 100 rating based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Bill Gibron of 'PopMatters' gave the film a rating 6 out of 10, while the 'New York Magazine' called it "Absorbing. . . depicts the Iraq situation with a rarely seen degree of complexity".
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