The Boys from Baghdad High is a television documentary film, first shown
at the 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest in the United Kingdom. It documents the
lives of four Iraqi schoolboys of different religious or ethnic
backgrounds at the Tariq bin Ziad High School for Boys in Zayouna, a
middle-class neighbourhood in a suburb of Baghdad. It was filmed by the
boys themselves over the course of a year in the form of a video diary.
They have high expectations and hope to graduate and attend university.
They must also deal with increasing sectarian violence, and face the
threats of roadside bombings, the hassles of security checkpoints,
curfews, and the deterioration of their neighbourhood. The Boys from
Baghdad High received high viewership and favourable reviews when it
initially aired in the UK in 2008. It was named the Best News and
Current Affairs Film at the European Independent Film Festival, won the
Premier Prize at the Sandford St. Martin Trust Awards, and was nominated
for awards at two film festivals. The documentary also received the
Radio Times Readers Award, and a nomination for the Amnesty
International 2008 Television Documentary and Docudrama UK Media Award.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_from_Baghdad_High>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1479:
The Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon signed the Treaty
of Alcáçovas with Afonso V of Portugal and his son, John to end the
War of the Castilian Succession.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alc%C3%A1%C3%A7ovas>
1843:
Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies married Pedro II of Brazil
(both pictured) at a state ceremony.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Cristina_of_the_Two_Sicilies>
1886:
After over 25 years of fighting against the United States Army
and the armed forces of Mexico, Geronimo of the Chiricahua Apache
surrendered at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo>
1949:
Anti-communist riots erupted after a concert by Paul Robeson
near Peekskill, New York, US.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill_Riots>
2010:
A 7.1 Mw earthquake struck South Island, New Zealand, causing
up to NZ$3.5 billion in damages.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
snood:
1. A small hairnet or cap worn by women to keep their hair in place.
2. The flap of red skin on the beak of a male turkey.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snood>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the
result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting.
--Ivan Illich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ivan_Illich>