Return to the Land of Wonders is a documentary film made almost single-handedly by Maysoon Pachachi

Maysoon Pachachi

Maysoon Pachachi is a film director, editor and producer of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the U.S., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She studied Philosophy at University College London and Film at the Slade School of Art under Thorold Dickinson where visiting...

 in 2003-4.

Pachachi went returned to Iraq after an absence of 30 years when her father, Adnan Pachachi

Adnan Pachachi

Adnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Amin al-Pachachi is a veteran Iraqi politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1959 to 1965 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq from 1965 to 1967; he again served as Permanent Representative to the UN...

, was appointed to the Iraqi Governing Council

Iraqi Governing Council

The Iraqi Governing Council was the provisional government of Iraq from July 13, 2003 to June 1, 2004. It was established by and served under the United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority...

 in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. She brought a video camera with her to document conditions in Iraq and her father's participation in the drafting of Iraq's interim constitution.