Peshmerga

A sober, frontline travelogue that walks you along a war's edge, earnest and uneasy, with the weight of real places and real fighters.

Directed by

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Bernard-Henri Lévy, Araz Abdulkhadr, Bakhtiyar Muhammad

Overview

From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...

How it feels

Tense, earnest, dark and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.

About

War, survival, violence, faith

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

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