Baghdad Twist film screening

On Tuesday, May 5 at 12:30 p.m., Canadian filmmaker Joe Balass will show and discuss his film "Baghdad Twist" (33 minutes). Told through his own family’s history, the film documents the disappearance of Iraq’s Jewish community in the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 and 1967. Balass takes viewers on a poetic journey through the fragmented memories of an Arab-Jewish exile. The filmmaker will answer questions following the screening. The Library will present this event in cooperation with the Washington Jewish Film Festival and Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.