For the next two weeks co-directors Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi's first feature film documentary, Heavy Metal in Baghdad screens at Tilsiter Lichtspiele. For three years Moretti and Alvi followed Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda, documenting the group's near inconceivable rise to fame as playing heavy metal in a Muslim country seemed almost possible.
From their die-hard fanbase to the daily bombings in Baghdad, the group has two goals: staying alive and playing music. Inspired from the Latin word for one of the most dangerous black scorpions commonly found in Iraqi deserts, Acrassicauda--and the resulting film--offers insight into the daily struggles for freedom in Baghdad. Perhaps the most telling fact of all: all four band members now live in Istanbul, Turkey.
Tilsiter Lichtspiele
Richard-Sorge-Strasse 25a , 10249 Berlin, Germany
http://www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com/
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