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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg - Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.
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The True Story of the Baghdad Country Club

By Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Dec 20 2011, 1:46 PM ET Comment

How exactly does one decide to open a bar in Baghdad at the height of the Iraq war? Joshuah Bearman's "Baghdad Country Club" is a stranger-than-fiction story that begins with a chance conversation between two guys stranded in the Baghdad airport. Here, the tale comes to life through animation by Colleen Cox and sound design by Pat Walters. 

Baghdad Country Club was produced by The Atavist, a publishing house for nonfiction stories distributed digitally. Read an excerpt from the story in "What It Takes to Open a Bar in Baghdad," and buy the full story on The Atavist's site.

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