Overview
Bakur (North) is a documentary that invites its audience to reflect on a war that has been continuing for decades and gives an insightful look on its main subject, the PKK. The film follows the lives of the guerilla in three different camps on the Kurdish region (north) that lies within Turkish borders.
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Filming locations
Filmed in Turkish Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan
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Setting
Set in Turkey and Turkish Kurdistan
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Koray Kesik
Details
- Directors
- Original title
- Bakur
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 12, 2015
- Original language
- Kurdish
- Countries
- Turkey
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In the United States
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