Film - Letters from Baghdad
After a very successful run at London Film Festival, the Gertrude Bell documentary Letters from Baghdad will be released in UK cinemas from 21st April 2017 thanks to Verve Pictures...
Having premiered in the UK at the BFI London Film Festival 2016 (read Steve's review of the film HERE) Letters from Baghdad is the story of a true original, Gertrude Bell. Voiced and executive produced by Academy award winning actor Tilda Swinton, the film tells the dramatic story of this British spy, explorer and political powerhouse.
Letters from Baghdad tells the extraordinary and dramatic story of the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day. She shaped the destiny of Iraq after World War I in ways that still reverberate today. More influential than her friend and colleague Lawrence of Arabia, why has she been written out of the history she helped make?
Bell travelled widely in Arabia before being recruited by British military intelligence during WWI to help draw the borders of Iraq and as a result helped shape the modern Middle East. Using stunning, never-seen-before footage of the region, the film chronicles her extraordinary journey into both the uncharted Arabian desert and the inner sanctum of British colonial power. What makes the film stand apart is that the story is told entirely in the words of Gertrude Bell and her contemporaries, excerpted from their intimate letters, private diaries and official documents. It is a unique look at both a remarkable woman and the tangled history of Iraq. The film takes us into a past that is eerily current.
Bell travelled widely in Arabia before being recruited by British military intelligence during WWI to help draw the borders of Iraq and as a result helped shape the modern Middle East. Using stunning, never-seen-before footage of the region, the film chronicles her extraordinary journey into both the uncharted Arabian desert and the inner sanctum of British colonial power. What makes the film stand apart is that the story is told entirely in the words of Gertrude Bell and her contemporaries, excerpted from their intimate letters, private diaries and official documents. It is a unique look at both a remarkable woman and the tangled history of Iraq. The film takes us into a past that is eerily current.
Directors Zeva Oelbaum and Sabine Krayenbühl said “We are thrilled to be able to screen Letters From Baghdad in UK cinemas. It’s long overdue for Gertrude Bell to be brought back into the public eye in the UK, after being written out of history for over half a century."
Featuring performances by Paul McGann, Rose Leslie, Rachel Stirling, Joanna David and Nicholas Woodeson, Co-Produced by Mia Bays, Christian Popp, Fabrice Estève and Executive Produced by Tilda Swinton, Thelma Schoonmaker, Denise Benmosche, Elizabeth Chandler, Alan (AJ) Jones, Ashley Garrett and Ruedi Gerber, Letters from Baghdad will come to UK cinemas from 21st April.
Image - Verve Pictures
Featuring performances by Paul McGann, Rose Leslie, Rachel Stirling, Joanna David and Nicholas Woodeson, Co-Produced by Mia Bays, Christian Popp, Fabrice Estève and Executive Produced by Tilda Swinton, Thelma Schoonmaker, Denise Benmosche, Elizabeth Chandler, Alan (AJ) Jones, Ashley Garrett and Ruedi Gerber, Letters from Baghdad will come to UK cinemas from 21st April.
Image - Verve Pictures
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