A Silent Traveler (1993)

Overview: Debuting Iraq-born, Netherlands-based writer/director Ibrahim Selman starts out on docu ground, with a voiceover explaining his objectives and the film’s stand-in location, and recalling Kurdistan before the advent of war. He then shifts into narrative mode, with glimpses of life in a mountain village caught in the conflict between Iraqi military authorities and peshmergas (guerrilla freedom fighters).

Starring: Bangin Abdulkadir, Said Ali, Umet Ali, Abdulkadir Yousif

Categories: Drama, History