The film, which takes place during the 2006 Battle of Ramadi, provides no answers about why American soldiers are in Iraq. Pulling together the strands of Hollywood film language, Chahine parodies the false logic of the colonizing powers. They became Arab-speaking American films. Djamila was banned in Algeria for its celebration of women fighters in the socially conservative era of post-independence, but became a huge inspiration for Gillo Pontecorvo’s Battle of Algiers. In the case of Djamila, the film asks that we question the language of image-making and how content encourages audiences to regurgitate colonial ideology.