In "Son of Babylon," Shazada Hussein (right) plays a grandmother who takes her grandson south to Babylon to hunt for her son, missing after fighting in Kuwait, in prisons and mass graves. (Courtesy Mohamad Daradji)
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The film's Iraq premiere packed out the long-defunct Semiramis cinema in Baghdad. (Alice Fordham/GlobalPost)
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The opening was held in broad daylight as it is not safe to have cultural events at night in Baghdad. (Alice Fordham/GlobalPost)
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A tattered red carpet adorned the steps of a battered Semiramis facade. (Alice Fordham/GlobalPost)
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Shazada Hussein (right), who plays the grandmother in the film, is a Kurdish villager who lost her husband in the 1990s and had never acted before. (Courtesy Mohamad Daradji)
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The characters in the film take a journey that many think Iraq now needs to take itself. (Courtesy Mohamad Daradji)
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