Crossing the Dust / Parinawa la ghobar
Directed by: Shawkat Amin Korki
Iraq / 2006 / 74 mins / Beta SP / Kurdish & Arabic with English Subtitles
NY Premiere
The gripping story of two Kurdish foot soldiers that come upon a lost child in the course of completing a mission is an absorbing portrait of the societal strains that began to emerge in the aftermath of the quest to topple the Saddam Hussein.
Tags: iraq kurds road movie saddam soldiers war
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The New York Arab & South Asian Film Festival would like to
thank all of the film makers and other creative talents
involved in making this happen for a third year. Most of all,
we would like to thank the participating
audiences, for bearing witness.
See you all next year!
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