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Baghdad, Iraq: Iraqis Defy Bomb Threat to Attend Outdoor Movie Nights

Welcome back! If you are interested in starting your own outdoor movie event or Open Air Cinema rental business, you can find lots of tips and resources in the Open Air Cinema Community, or contact us directly.Small crowds of Iraqi movie-goers defied the threat of bomb attacks this week to watch films at a Baghdad [...]

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Baghdad, Iraq: It's Outdoor Movie Night with 'Ahlaam' on a Baghdad Street

The filmmakers set up their screen in front of the abandoned Justice Ministry, propped up a creaky 35-millimeter projector and hoped the crowd would come and watch their film in this place where car bombs recently killed nearly 160 people. Soldiers and police checked passing cars as a small crowd gathered to watch “Ahlaam,” or [...]

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Military Bases Host Outdoor Movies for Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines

It’s the sort of tall tale that quickly becomes an Internet legend. True or bogus? It was a hot topic about a year ago. At a military theater at Camp Anaconda, Balad – a gigantic military air base in Iraq, dubbed “Mortaritaville” by the inhabitants, and the only base with a modern 35-millimeter projection system [...]

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