American Baghdad
2016, English. Directed by Ron Najor.
A short documentary profiling Iraqi refugees trying to assimilate to American culture after being displaced from Iraq due to the war. El Cajon, a county in San Diego, has one of the highest concentrations of Iraqi refugees in America. A majority of these refugees are known as Chaldean and are of Christian decent. Many of them fled Iraq after the war broke out in 2003. This is their story.
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- 0h 17m
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- English
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- 31 December 2016
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American Baghdad isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 December 2016. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed American Baghdad?
American Baghdad (2016) was directed by Ron Najor.