‘Heavy Metal’ show expected in the spring: Arts Alliance pick up festival doc

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A Toronto Film Festival-selected documentary will be receiving a longer lease on life. Heavy Metal in Baghdad has been picked up for North America by Arts Alliance America. Look for the doc to get a theatrical release in the spring, with an obvious DVD release right after. 

Directed by Eddy Morretti, this follows the Iraqi metal band Acrassicauda (Latin for “black scorpion”) from the fall of Saddam Hussein to the present.

Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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