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Jiyan directed by Jano Rosebiani
October 25, 2009 3:30PM
NYU CANTOR CENTER
Five years after the 1988 gas attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, which killed 5,000 Kurds and maimed thousands more, Diyari – an Iraqi Kurd who now lives in America – returns to his homeland to build an orphanage. He befriends Jiyan, a shy ten-year old orphan and a survivor of the chemical attack. Loosely based on testimonial accounts, Jiyan includes a number of survivors as cast members in the film.
Post film Q&A with director Jano Rosebiani.
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