Back Drop Kurdistan
Back Drop Kurdistan
- Release Date
- January, 1st, 2008
- Running Time
- 100 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- DVCAM
- Screen Size
- Standard (1:1.37)
- Sound Processing
- Mono
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
[ Production Company ]
Back Drop Film
[ Story ]
The Kurdish Kazankiran family, who came from Turkey to Japan claiming refugee status, sleep in front of the United Nations University as part of a demonstration and start petitioning in a desperate move to obtain official refugee status. Although their appeal is approved, eventually the father and children are deported. A "passive observer" until this point, the director follows the family to Turkey in order to relieve his anger and questions. Speaking to the locals, he throws himself into a whir of theories regarding the relationship between "Turks", "Kurds", and Kurdish refugees, and discovers a "Kurdish" identity in Turkey removed from the international news. The film's fresh perspective delivers a body blow (hence the title) to the situation of the individual, society, and the state. Nomoto Masaru was born in 1983 and this is his first feature documentary after dropping out from film school.
[ Official Site ]
http://www.back-drop-kurdistan.com/
[ Premiere ]
World Premiere: Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2007
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2007 New Asian Currents Citizens' Prize & Award of Excellence
[ Contact (International) ]
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