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Crossing the Dust directed by Shawkat Amin Korki
October 22, 2009 8:30PM
NYU Cantor Center
In this striking post-9/11 road movie set in Iraq during the 2003 American invasion, two Kurdish peshmerga (resistance fighters) find a lost five-year-old Arab boy, named Saddam. Amidst the chaos of the war raging around them, they attempt to find a safe haven for the boy with villagers, mullahs and Americans. Simultaneously, the boy's parents search frantically, anxious because the boy’s name is now taboo.
Post-film discussion with Ahmed Ferhadi.
Filmmaker's Biography
Shawkat Amin Korki was born in 1973 in the town of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1975. Because of various civil disputes and fear of repression from the Iraqi army, his family escaped to Iran and stayed there until 1999. Korki has worked in theatre, television, and cinema in Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan. He has contributed his short films in many festivals, winning numerous awards.
Credits
Director, Producer, Screenwriter: Shawkat Amin Korki
Cast: Adil Abdolrahman, Hossein Hasan, Abdola Awayd, Aba Rash, Ayam Akra
Release Date: 2006
Duration: 73 Minutes
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