What it’s like in Iraq post-2011

“Have you been injured before?” asks Iraqi emergency room nurse Nori Sharif of a patient being treated for head trauma. “No, never,” replies the older man. “Then you are not from Iraq,” jokes Sharif.

It’s one of the extremely rare moments of levity shared in the potently immersive “Nowhere to Hide,” offering a deeply personal perspective of the volatility in Iraq over the years following the 2011 pullout of American troops.