Santa Claus in Baghdad (2008)

In impoverished Baghdad under Saddam's dictatorship, 16-year-old Amal hopes to regain her social status at school by volunteering to find a book as a class gift for the departing literature teacher. Meanwhile, her emotionally fragile little brother becomes obsessed with the notion that a visiting uncle from America--whom he confuses with Santa Claus--will bring him toys. Ashamed never to have been able to give his son a toy, the child's father sells some more prized family possessions and buys a model car for him.

Released Aug. 9, 2008 39 min None+

Genres: Drama, Family, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.based-on-short-story, imdb.teenager, imdb.santa-claus, imdb.embargo, imdb.baghdad-iraq

Watch Providers: Plex, Cineverse, Plex Channel, Fawesome

Country: United States
Languages: English, Arabic