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The First Movie
Synopsis
We see Iraqi kids regularly in our media. Nearly always as part of the war, its victims, its adjuncts. But what about their imaginative lives? Inspired a bit by Night of the Hunter, Northern Irish Mark Cousins went to a small village in the Kurdish North, took a projector, some great movies and 3 small cameras to give to kids. The resulting film is about war, yes, but also about not-war: We hear of a fish called Bery who lives in a magical palace, and about a cow that farts. A child combs a dove's feathers in the gloaming. We meet a boy who 'gives his dreams to the mud'.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 76 mins
- Format
- HDV
- Director
- Mark Cousins 1st Feature
- Producer
- Robbie Allan
- Co-Producer
- Trish Dolman
- Executive Producer
- Robbie Allan
- Editor
- Timotheus Langer
- Screenwriter
- Mark Cousins
- Director of Photography
- Mark Cousins
- Sound
- Brent Calkin
- Music
- Melissa Hui
- Principal Cast
- The Children of Gop Tapa
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 17th December 2009
