International Film Festival of Ottawa

My Name is Baghdad (with Brave Little Army)

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My Name is Baghdad (Feature Film): Baghdad is a 17-year-old female skater, who lives in Freguesia do Ó, a working-class neighborhood in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Baghdad skateboards with a group of male friends and spends a lot of time with her family and with her mother's friends. Together, the women around her form a network of people who are out of the ordinary. When Baghdad meets a group of female skateboarders, her life suddenly changes.


Brave Little Army (Short Film): The bold new girl at school inspires three classmates to follow her down a blissful path of self-realization, where they stumble upon a dark truth that forever galvanizes their friendship.


About the Pairing:

Like My Name is Baghdad, Brave Little Army celebrates the power of sisterhood, finding one’s crew, and sticking up for each other no matter how young.


- Keltie Duncan