An adventurous life is told through ‘Letters From Baghdad’

The documentary “Letters From Baghdad” lifts the veil of anonymity on one of the 20th century’s forgotten figures — a woman who literally redrew the map of the Middle East — but falls short in explaining why her actions were so consequential.Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) left her family’s estate in Yorkshire to study at Queen’s College and later Oxford, one of the few women in a world dominated by men. She traveled extensively in the Middle East, making conn