His television credits include ackley bridge, saddams tribe. It describes the events leading up to gulf war 2, against the backdrop of family tensions, leading to the defection and execution of saddams right hand man, and the antics of the increasingly deranged and dangerous elder son uday. But behind the headlines lay an even more extraordinary story. Mar 04, 2009 the invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam hussein s brutal regime. Shaw, the eldest of two boys, was born in brampton, cumbria, england, where his grandfather was. Bound by blood tv movie 2007 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It is a dusty and spartan place with wide roads surrounded by farmland. The albu nasir is one of a number of arab tribes in iraq. With dominic cooper, ludivine sagnier, raad rawi, philip quast.
I always thought kim jongil was the clear winner in the craziestass dictator competition, but this move from saddam hussein is bold indeed. According to art experts, its also both a continuation of and a departure from artistic. Drawing on access to raghad husssein, this drama looks at saddam through the eyes of his daughter. Saddam s bathist regime, i sat down to write my experience. The iraqi tribes and the postsaddam system brookings. Many people will see the parallels of saddam and that of adolf hitler. I expected a biased and madeup biography about the most evil man the arabic world has produced. The invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam husseins brutal regime. Formerly practiced as a medical doctor, he retrained as an actor at lamda in 2004 after studying theatre in new york city. There is also, apparently, a later reissue of the book under the title i was saddam s son, presumably with an afterword updated to include the death of uday and saddam. But behind the headlines lay an even more extraordinary story of family and tribal loyalty, rivalry and betrayal.
In the haunting tradition of in cold blood and the executioners song, this remarkably insightful and surprisingly intimate portrait of saddam hussein lifts away the top layer of a dictators evil and finds complexity beneath as it invites us to take a journey with twelve young american soldiers in the summer of 2006. Discover saddam hussein s blood quran in baghdad, iraq. The end of an empire the invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam husseins brutal regime. Saddams tribe is a semidocumentary drama series that first aired in 2007. Bound by blood by kevin sargent on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. A chilling vision of the house of saddam hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of hussein s sadistic son. Inspired by interviews with saddam s daughter raghad and other key eyewitnesses, as well as extensive research, this drama gets to the heart of the dictator s tyranny and his eventual downfall. Saddam tribe part 2,by raghad saddam hussein and latif. But behind the headlines lay an even more extraordinary story of family and tribal. Tribal rules tend to sanction blood vengeance in the case of murder relatively minor. A 605page quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque. Discover saddam husseins blood quran in baghdad, iraq.
The book was produced by abbas shakir joudi joody, an islamic calligrapher who now lives in virginia in the united states. Perhaps most revealing of all was a tape of saddams conversations with his ministers after the world trade center bombing in february 1993a plot. Saddam husseins blood quran baghdad, iraq atlas obscura. Bound by blood tv movie 2007 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Michelle bonnard, stanley townsend, daniel mays tagline. A quran written in saddam hussein blood is a macabre reminder of the dictators brutal reign. Dec 19, 2010 behind him is the infamous blood quran, written in saddam s own blood. Saddam tribe is a docudrama that documents the lives of saddam husseins family from 1995 to the capture of saddam hussein in december 2003. Examining how saddam retained power for over a quarter of a century and eventually lost it, the drama describes how the fate of a. Darwin shaw born june 3, 1974 is a british stage, film, television actor, and director. Michelle bonnard raghad, stanley townsend saddam hussein, daniel mays uday, mem ferda taras rabinovich, zubin varla hussein kamal, darrell dsilva watban, bijan daneshmand journalist, kammy darweish jordanian official, zak davies young ali, waleed elgadi tv interviewer, rachel ferjani rana. You need multiregion palntsc dvd player to view it in usacanada.
As american troops step up their hunt for saddam hussein after the capture of his closest. He starred in the west end hit a long day s journey into night by eugene oneill with david suchet, laurie metcalf and kyle soller. It follows the often violent fortunes of a family bound by blood and driven. It exposes how the fate of the country turned on the fluctuations of family loyalty, competitveness and eventual betrayal. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. From powerful to pariah members of the former iraqi dictators tribe, the albu nasr, have had their assets frozen since 2003. Saddams blood koran posted by jason kottke dec 21, 2010 i always thought kim jongil was the clear winner in the craziestass dictator competition, but this move from saddam hussein is bold indeed. Even to get to this point the last step before entering the forbidden vault has been a tortuous process. The invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam hussein s brutal regime. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. An absorbing account of the internal fighting in the saddam tribe. On the other hand, cultural tribal values such as allegiance to members of ones clan or tribe, avenging the blood of a relative althar, and demonstrating ones manly courage in.
Saddam s tribe is a semidocumentary drama series that first aired in 2007. The resulting network of tribal alliances, centred on the albu nasir and bound to them by. Beneath the calmest surface lies the deepest nightmare category. Saddams tribe online full episodes of season 1 yidio. I was saddam s son c 1994 is the original edition of the book which later became the basis for the film the devil s double and the rerelease of the book with that title. Dramadocumentary about the rule of saddam hussein and his downfall and internal family life and. Saddam drew heavily on the tribe to fill the upper echelons of his government and in particular to. The series is based off of a number of interviews that were conducted with the daughter of saddam hussein raghad who discussed the innerlife of the family, and her personal views of her father. Villagers split over saddam, their tribes most famous son the.
With michelle bonnard, stanley townsend, daniel mays, mem ferda. Dec 23, 2010 a quran written in saddam hussein blood is a macabre reminder of the dictators brutal reign. Saddam tribe part 3,by raghad saddam hussein and latif. Saddam tribe part 9,by raghad saddam hussein and latif.
Saddams tribe, the albu nasr, is based a short drive from the northern city of tikrit in the village of ouja. Saddam tribe part 5,by raghad saddam hussein and latif. Saddam tribe the invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam hussein s brutal regime. Mar 03, 2009 the end of an empire the invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam hussein s brutal regime. Jul 08, 2003 the reason for the latter phenomenon seems to be that many people of alramadi, those hailing from the albu nimr tribe, cannot forget the brutal august 1995 suppressionat the hands of saddam. The reason for the latter phenomenon seems to be that many people of alramadi, those hailing from the albu nimr tribe, cannot forget the brutal august 1995 suppressionat the hands of. It is a sunni arab tribe comprising some 30,000 people who primarily inhabit the town of tikrit and the surrounding area of northern central iraq, as well as many other area in south and center of iraq. According to his version of events, over the course of two years, saddam donated 2427 litres 50 to 57 pints of his blood, which was used by joudi to copy the 6,000 verses and some 336,000 words of the quran. Mar 03, 2009 the invasion of iraq in 2003 brought a dramatic end to saddam hussein s brutal regime. Monica has now produced saddams tribe for channel 4, partly inspired by. It was on at the apollo theatre until 18 august 2012. Trevor alan white born 26 october 1970 is a canadian actor who has worked in theatre, film, television and radio since 1994, based in london, england since 2001. This small book on saddam hussein was compiled by the national enquirer.