In the Summer of 2014, the Islamic State invaded Shengal, the Ezidi capital in Kurdistan (Iraq). The plan was to exterminate the ethnical/religious minority who were despised and called “devil worshippers’. 5000 Ezidi men have been killed, and 7000 women and children have been taken into slavery. This film tells Shengal’s liberation through the stories of five partisans who are five archetypes of the many that came to fight against the Islamic State from several different countries.
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Dersim Zerevan Director · Fariborz Kamkari Writer
First release September 30, 2022 · Production Komîna Fîlm a Rojava, Far Out Films · Original title Nameyên ji Şengal
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Komîna Fîlm a Rojava
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Far Out Films
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Original title
Nameyên ji Şengal
Original language
Kurdish
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Kurdish
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United Kingdom · September 30, 2022
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