Making Movies Into a Weapon
Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi has set most of his films in his native Kurdistan. He insists he turned to filmmaking not for love of the genre but to spread the cause of Kurdish independence. He compares Kurdistan to a girl who stepped on a landmine. But since he started making movies a decade ago, he’s won two special prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and earned international acclaim.
Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi has set most of his films in his native Kurdistan. He insists he turned to filmmaking not for love of the genre but to spread the cause of Kurdish independence. He compares Kurdistan to a girl who stepped on a landmine. But since he started making movies a decade ago, he’s won two special prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and earned international acclaim.
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