General information

Call No.:

350-4-3:65/3

Part of series

HU OSA 350-4-3 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Middle East: Iraq

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #65 / No. 3

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009870

Date of production

1991

Date

1991

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English, English, Kurdish

Duration

13 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Documentary film

Contents Summary

On March 14, 1991, the Kurdish people of the city of Dohuk in Kurdistan, Iraq, rose up against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The Gulf War forced Saddam to arm the Kurds, who turned their weapons against him. But victory was short-lived and Saddam retaliated, deciding to retake the city. This feature follows the Peshmergas (‘armed Kurdish fighters’) as well as the Kurdish people as they seek refuge after the failure of the 1991 Kurdish rebellion. The film includes rare footage with officers admitting they had been ordered by Saddam to kill 95 percent of the Kurds in the Al-Anfal Campaign (1988), as well as images with Kurds marching for more than 60 km to a remote mountain as a result of the interdiction to enter and seek shelter in Turkey.

Context

Associated Names

Journeyman Pictures (Copyright holder, Producer)