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Kurdi

Synopsis

It's been 20 years since Peri the Kurd first walked into the town of Halabja in the aftermath of the chemical gas attack Saddam Hussein launched against the Kurdish people. 20 years since he buried his best friend and his Kalashnikov and walked west.

West and West and West and until I ended up in Glasgow, which was as west as I could get.

Filmed over 5 years, Kurdi tells the story of a man in search of himself, his people, his gun and a country that doesn't exist.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
84 mins
Format
HD
Director
Doug Aubrey (A film by Peri Ibrahim)
Producer
Marie Olesen
Editor
Doug Aubrey, Bert Eeles, Brian Welsh
Screenwriter
Peri Ibrahim, Doug Aubrey
Director of Photography
Doug Aubrey
Sound
John Cobban
Composer
Tara Jaff

Genre

Scottish Asian

Categories

Fiction Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Autonomi Ltd

Studio 6
333 Woodlands Road
Glasgow G3 6NG
UK

T +44 (0)141 357 7288

marie@autonomi.tv

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