Bedouin Woman

Produced in 2013

Film Information

Festival Edition 2013 - Edition 13

Section ME Documentary Competition

Director Hashim Al-Efari

Country Iraq

Duration 22 mins

Language Arabic / Kurdish

Producer Hashim Al-Efari

Screenplay Hashim Al-Efari

Cast Mohammed Hussein

Genre Documentary

Synopsis

A story from AL-Samawa Desert about a mother, "Hanka Dwaiech," who risked her life to rescue a Kurdish child from death during a series of mass executions by the Saddam regime against Kurds in 1988. The film documents the cohesion among all Iraqi social classes and their different ethnic and religious components.

Full Description

IRAQ 2013