Boys From Baghdad High

Four teenage boys keep a video diary of their final year at Tariq bin Ziad High School in Baghdad. As violence escalates, they prepare to take the National Exams they must pass in June to secure their diploma. Amid explosions, gunfire, and power outages, they study, wrestle, play games, listen to music, dance, and talk boy talk. Will they pass their exams? Will they live? BBC This World, and HBO.


Awards

Winner Best Documentary Feature - Tribeca Film Festival 2008.
Best News and Current Affairs Film - European Independent Film Festival.
Winner Premier Prize at the Sandford St. Martin Trust Awards.
Radio Times Readers Award.
Nominated for the Amnesty International Best UK Television Documentary Award.