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Heavy Metal Journal: Rocking In Baghdad.(Periscope)(Heavy Metal in Baghdad)(Movie review)(Brief article)
Byline: Jessica Bennett
Filming a documentary on the streets of Baghdad is no easy task. For the producers of "Heavy Metal in Baghdad," a new Vice film about Iraq's only metal band, it meant smuggling themselves into the country, shelling out thousands for security, and constant disorder. But for the members of Acrassicauda, the band those filmmakers set out to find, chaos is a way of life. To get to practice, the group must navigate roadblocks, curfews and death threats. To power their amps, they use gas generators. They play shows in the midst of power outages and mortar rounds. Eventually, their practice space is blown up, sparing their lives but destroying ...
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