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Iraq ‘n Roll is the story of Dudu Tassa, grandson of Daoud  Al-Kuwaity, on his journey in search of the musical roots of his family—the brothers Daoud and Salah Al-Kuwaity, among the greatest Iraqi musicians  and founders of modern Iraqi music. They were the favorite musicians of King Razi, for whom they often performed and were regular guests at his palaces, and they were recently selected as the most important Iraqi musicians of the 1930s on an Iraqi television show. With their immigration to Israel in the 1950s, the brothers had a difficult time recreating their musical success in the land of their birth. They forbade any member of their family from becoming a musician to save them from the pain they had experienced. Despite the strict prohibition imposed on the family, two generations after his grandfather Daoud’s death, his grandson Dudu Tassa, who is named after him, one of Israel’s leading rock musicians, decides to embark on a journey to discover his family roots. The film documents Dudu’s journey through the recording of the album Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis, in which he takes the brothers’ original songs and gives them a new, personal interpretation. Dudu embarks on the journey accompanied by musicians Yair Dalal and Albert Elias (the 92-year-old flute player who managed to play with the Al Kuwaiti brothers in Israel), and his mother Carmela who agrees to enter a recording studio and sing for the first time. With the help of the music, songs and new arrangements, he tries to bridge the gaps of time, culture and family pain.

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