Project Detail

Then and Now

Synopsis

Then and Now tells the story of a family from Iraq who left their home and came to live in Scotland five years ago. Mohammed, the father, was an officer in the Iraqi army. The programme tells how he was smuggled into Kurdistan as his wife and daughter escaped by another route. After a year waiting in a refugee camp in Turkey they were finally accepted as refugees in the U.K.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 24 mins
Format: Beta SP
Director: Anna Jones
Producer: Joel Venet

Genre

Scottish

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Video In Pilton

30 Ferry Road Avenue
Edinburgh EH4 4BA, Scotland
UK

T +44 (0)131 343 1151

joel@piltonvideo.org

Sales Company

Scottish Screen

2nd Floor
249 West George Street
Glasgow G2 4QE
Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)141 302 1756

bryony.mcintyre@scottishscreen.com

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www.scottishscreen.com

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