Product Description

A JOURNEY TO IRAQ is a unique documentary, showing a side of the War on Terror that is rarely seen in mainstream media. This documentary gets up close and personal with Iraqi refugees who fled the country due to religious persecution, the faithful Christians who answered God's call to help spread Christianity to the Arab and Kurdish people, and one Missionary struggling to establish what could be the most important print shop in the Middle East.

Establishing the first Christian printing press in the Kurdish territory of Northern Iraq is more than difficult - it's almost unthinkable. But Missionary Tim Comer discovers that in the word's newest Republic, the power of Islam leaves little room for Christian Missions, and the only way to get things done is God's way.

Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, Christianity was mildly tolerated at best, and certainly was not encouraged. With the American and allied invasion came the prayers of Christians worldwide, as well as the power to establish political, personal and religious freedoms for the Iraqi people. For the first time in their lives, countless Iraqis discovered acceptable alternatives to Islam.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29292 in DVD
• Brand: MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2006-08-08
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: Arabic, English, Kurdish
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 80 minutes

About the Actor
Benjamin has worked in all areas of productions. As an actor he can be seen in Leap of Faith, Boy's Don't Cry, Walker,Texas Ranger, and the CBS movie of the week Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack. His most prolific period was with the outdoor musical production, The Promise, which he performed in on stage over 830 times. this production took him across the United States, to Russia and South Korea. In 2004 Benjamin ended his tenure with The Promise with the title of Production & Operations Manager for the original Glen rose stage.

Benjamin has also worked in television on numerous shows for FOX, CBS, ESPN, PAX Network, Discovery Channel, TLC and more. Other films he ahs worked on are Bloodlines, Bit Parts and The Young Producers, and the television pilot A House Divided for ABC.

Customer Reviews

From a returned soldier
I returned from Iraq in june of 2004. This movie is the most accurate portrait of the Iraqi public opinion that I have encountered. I know that this film showed a small sampling of what a few people think, but it was well rounded. I found this film to be both uplifting and heart breaking. It is definitly worth seeing. It didn't come to a lot of theaters but I was lucky to see it in Marion, Iowa of all places. I applaude the manager of that theater for bringing such a powerful film to my area.

Thank you,
SPC Eric Williams
389th ENG

I am inspired with new hope
In this tumultous time of an out of control US president launching a preemptive assault on Iraq, I have been searching for independent and 'inside' accurate information concerning the state of Iraq and its people since the war began. This film is a collection of videos created by 150 camcorders handed out to the Iraqi citizens. All sorts of citizens are free to give their opinion on many different topics and they do. It is fascinating and it made glad and more hopeful my heart. Though I have detested the US gov't for initiating this war, twenty years from now or maybe sooner, I might feel that it did ultimately open up the opportunity for the Iraqi people to use their strength, determination, intelligence and desire and to create their own freedom and their own free country.

From a Marine Mom
My husband and I watched the dvd from Netflix and were so impressed with the candor with which it is made. We have a son fighting in Al Anbar province and I must confess that we wanted to see the images of the real Iraq more than we wanted to hear the message of the people. Our son is too busy to send us pictures and especially video of everyday life there and we were dying with curiosity to see the movie. I have to say that it was far better than we thought it would be. Usually these documentary type films are a snooze and we were hoping not to fall asleep. It was riviting from the get go. We found ourselves hanging on every word because the people were speaking from their hearts and their message was, "Please help us to have freedom for the first time ever." Especially poignant was the conversation of the men who had been prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison under Sadaam and were finding it hilarious that our people thought that the "abuse" of the prisoners under our soldiers was torture. They pointed out that we do not know what torture is and showed which men in the prison were their former guards and torturers and detailed some of their atrocities.
I found the film eye-opening and would reccomend it highly. I will send my son a copy as soon as it is available.