The Boys from Baghdad High, also known as Baghdad High, is a British/Iraqi television documentary. It premiered in the United Kingdom at the 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest, before airing on BBC Two on 8 January 2008. It also aired in many other countries including France, Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. It documents the lives of four Iraqi schoolboys over the course of one year in the form of a video diary.

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  • The Boys from Baghdad High, also known as Baghdad High, is a British/Iraqi television documentary. It premiered in the United Kingdom at the 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest, before airing on BBC Two on 8 January 2008. It also aired in many other countries including France, Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. It documents the lives of four Iraqi schoolboys over the course of one year in the form of a video diary. The documentary was filmed by the boys themselves, who were given video cameras for the project. Directed and produced by Ivan O'Mahone and Laura Winter of Renegade Pictures and StoryLabTV, for the United Kingdom's British Broadcasting Corporation, Home Box Office in the United States, and the Franco-German network Arte, The Boys from Baghdad High was produced by Alan Hayling and Karen O'Connor for the BBC, Hans Robert Eisenhauer for Arte, and Sheila Nevins for HBO. The four schoolboys are each of a different religious or ethnic background. The Boys from Baghdad High was reviewed favourably in the media in many countries; it has been described as "notable", "fascinating", "moving", "appealing", and "exhilarating and chilling". It was nominated for an award at two film festivals, was named the Best News and Current Affairs Film at the European Independent Film Festival, and won the Premier Prize at the Sandford St. Martin Trust Awards. It was nominated for an award from Amnesty International, and for the Radio Times Readers Award.
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  • Ivan O'Mahoney Laura Winter
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  • Alan Hayling Karen O'Connor Hans Robert Eisenhauer Sheila Nevins
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  • "I think this film reflects on almost any place that is in the midst of a violent conflict. While militants are shooting at each other, blowing each other up and terrorizing the population to force their allegiance, people go on living. Kids try to go to school. Birthdays are celebrated. Teens hang out and dance to music. Exams are taken. All of these are normal things, all in the midst of incredible violence. Really this film is about the triumph of the collective human spirit."
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  • The Boys from Baghdad High, also known as Baghdad High, is a British/Iraqi television documentary. It premiered in the United Kingdom at the 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest, before airing on BBC Two on 8 January 2008. It also aired in many other countries including France, Australia, the United States, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands. It documents the lives of four Iraqi schoolboys over the course of one year in the form of a video diary.
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