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GUEST: James Longley, director of award winning film, “Iraq in Fragments”

James Longley is an award winning film maker who spent two years in Iraq, shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, and whose stunning documentary, “Iraq in Fragments,” has garnered national and international attention. “Iraq in Fragments” was filmed in three parts, distilled from 300 hours of film. The first part is entitled “Mohammed in Baghdad,” about an 11 year old boy who works in an auto shop. Part two is called “Sadr’s South,” an up-close look at the political development of a militant Shia movement. And finally part three, “Kurdish Spring,” focuses on two Kurdish families in the northern part of Iraq who contemplate their role in US-occupied Iraq. Iraq in Fragments was recently nominated for Best Documentary at this year’s Academy Awards.

Today we play part 2 of our interview with James Longley.

For more information, visit www.iraqinfragments.com. The film will be screening at the Laemmle Monica 4-Plex in Santa Monica, for weekend matinees starting January 27-28, 2007.