Inside Saddam's Iraq
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Runtime
48 Mins
Films
4
Shoot Locations
The series uncovers the secrets of what went on inside Saddam’s Iraq. It provides compelling human-interest stories that shine new light on recent events: sometimes shocking, but consistently informative and revelatory.
It concentrates on the nature of Saddam Hussein’s regime, and Arab and international attitudes towards it. What was Saddam’s real relationship with his Arab neighbours, and theirs with him?
It concentrates on the nature of Saddam Hussein’s regime, and Arab and international attitudes towards it. What was Saddam’s real relationship with his Arab neighbours, and theirs with him?
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Films
Episode 1
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- Saddam’s Masks
This programme charts the course of Saddam the man. It is a penetrating psychological profile of how a person becomes a dictator.
It shows how Saddam emerged as the real power and strong man of Iraq. Yet ultimately everything fell apart with his flight, as American tanks entered Baghdad.
It shows how Saddam emerged as the real power and strong man of Iraq. Yet ultimately everything fell apart with his flight, as American tanks entered Baghdad.
Episode 2
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- The Carrot And The Stick
This programme tells the tales of ordinary people living in Saddam’s Iraq , and how the regime maintained its iron grip on the entire population.
It is only with the regime’s fall and the discovery of the millions of files kept on every citizen that the extent of the government’s tentacles can be revealed, their deeds exposed and the terror they inspired explained.
It is only with the regime’s fall and the discovery of the millions of files kept on every citizen that the extent of the government’s tentacles can be revealed, their deeds exposed and the terror they inspired explained.
Episode 3
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- From Friend To Foe
The international community’s dealings with Iraq from both a Western and Middle Eastern point of view, featuring interviews with regional and world leaders, as well as those who saw the effects of the complicity of silence by foreign governments.
The film includes interviews with intelligence agents who explain what was really going on, away from the public eye and behind the bland political statements.
The film includes interviews with intelligence agents who explain what was really going on, away from the public eye and behind the bland political statements.
Episode 4
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- Saddam's Legacy
Freed from the ironclad repression of the Baathist regime, Iraq’s ethnic and sectarian groups clamour to secure their positions in the post-Saddam era.
This programme portrays the demands and aspirations of Kurds, Turkomen and Shia and Sunni Arabs and concludes that liberation has brought about not only a new era of opportunity, but also unforeseen prospects of uncertainty and instability.
This programme portrays the demands and aspirations of Kurds, Turkomen and Shia and Sunni Arabs and concludes that liberation has brought about not only a new era of opportunity, but also unforeseen prospects of uncertainty and instability.
Credits
Director Of Film 1
David Pearson
Director Of Film 2
Janet Harris
Director Of Film 3
Tom Anstiss
Series Producer
Olivia Lichtenstein