In My Mother's Arms

Few will fail to be moved by this portrait of selflessness in the face of near insurmountable odds.

Throughout, it becomes clear that both the film and its subject are defined by the necessity of multitasking.

Husham's efforts might be a drop in the bucket, but that only makes them more worthy of documenting, perhaps even celebrating.

Roughly-made but illuminating, the Iraq documentary In My Mother's Arms is a brief immersion into life in a Baghdad boys' orphanage.

In My Mother's Arms takes a distressing snapshot of an ongoing struggle.