The documentary “Letters from Baghdad” is a sweeping history of the Middle East in the early 20th century, told through the eyes of the British writer Gertrude Bell, who spent three decades in the region. Filmmakers Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum enlist actress Tilda Swinton to give voice to Bell’s correspondence, set against a rich trove of archival footage and photography.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen

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