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Some years ago, a group of journalists became familiar with a strange fact. During the occupation of Iraq, a group of Iraqi's formed a heavy metal band and actively sought an audience. After hearing of them for several years, they became so interested in the group that they went into Iraq at a particularly difficult time.
Part of the documentary shows just how dangerous reporting the story was. They employed a team of bodyguards and went into Iraq during some of the worst fighting.
One of the things that interested me about the show is that it's a story that helped you to understand what the culture there was like. On the one hand, there was an audience of people there who wanted to listen to what was definitely considered a western form of music. On the other hand, the country was mostly controlled by various religious sects who did not approve of that music at all.
One thing that fans of heavy metal usually do is 'bang their heads' to the music. That simply means whipping your head back and forth, and here its no big deal at all. In Iraq, it could cause you to be arrested and literally disappear, never to be seen again. This is because the locals associate it with a type of head movement made by religious observant Jews.
The group eventually fled Iraq to Iran, and then with support of a kickstarter immigrated to the US. During the documentary, they mentioned another cultural reversal about living in Iraq. Their interest in heavy metal, though dangerous, was probably the best chance they had to support themselves. In war torn Iraq and Iran, there were simply no opportunities. That doesn't mean that they made much money. In many of their concerts they weren't certain whether any crowd would show up at all.
The entirety of the documentary can be seen here.