"Letters from Baghdad"
Premiered Dec. 11, 2018
Letters from Baghdad
Letters from Baghdad
Explore the story of Gertrude Bell, an explorer, spy, archaeologist and diplomat.
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Preview
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Gertrude Bell Arrives in Constantinople
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Gertrude Bell Meets the Howeitat Tribe
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Gertrude Bell Muses About the River Tigris
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Questioning British Occupation in Iraq
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The Outcome of the Paris Peace Conference
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A Visit to Babylon
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The Cairo Conference with Churchill, Bell and T.E. Lawrence
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The End of the Cairo Conference at the Pyramids
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A Fandango in the British Press About Bell's White Paper
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About the Film
"Letters from Baghdad" is the story of a true original, Gertrude Bell, sometimes called the female “Lawrence of Arabia.” More influential and famous in her day than her colleague Lawrence, Bell was an explorer, spy, archaeologist and diplomat who helped shape the Middle East after World War I and established the Iraq Museum, infamously ransacked in 2003.
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More About "Letters from Baghdad"
Advisor to Winston Churchill and outspoken critic of colonial policies in Iraq, Bell was considered the most powerful woman in the British Empire. Voiced and executive produced by Academy Award-winning Tilda Swinton, the film uses stunning, never-before-seen footage of the region to immerse the viewer in Bell’s world.
The story is told entirely in the words of Bell and her contemporaries, excerpted from letters, private diaries, and official documents. "Letters from Baghdad" chronicles Bell’s extraordinary journey into both the uncharted Arabian desert and the inner sanctum of British Colonial power. The film takes us into a past that is eerily current. Why has Bell been written out of the history she helped make?
