Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection

Articulate interviews and an unusually creative visual style make the picture as lively to watch as it is illuminating to think about.

The constant flow of background images can be distracting, but this is nonetheless a fascinating film that offers an unexpected and valuable perspective on the on-going Arab-Israeli conflict.

Timely and thought-provoking, if a bit rambling.

Despite some fancy editing, Forget Baghdad is forgettable.

Feels a little too much like a film-school project, but it does offer an informative look at a timely issue.

Never finds a comfortable fit between its biographies and its theorizing.

Grainy video and gimmicky editing give this documentary an amateurish feel, but Samir's charming, rueful interlocutors shine through.