The Cinema of a Stateless Nation: An Interview with Bahman Ghobadi

An interview with Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi is presented. Here, he addresses his identity as a Kurdish director and explains why his child protagonists different from those found in other Iranian films. He notes that his movie entitled Turtles Can Fly is a moving evocation of the ravages of wa...

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Published in:Cinéaste (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2005-06, Vol.30 (3), p.42-45
Main Authors: Hamid, Rahul, Ghobadi, Bahman
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Artificial satellites
Child care
Children
Children & youth
Filming
Filmmakers
Ghobadi, Bahman
INTERVIEWS
Land mines
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion picture industry
Movie directors
Movies
Satellite television
War
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Summary:An interview with Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi is presented. Here, he addresses his identity as a Kurdish director and explains why his child protagonists different from those found in other Iranian films. He notes that his movie entitled Turtles Can Fly is a moving evocation of the ravages of war upon an unusually resourceful group of children.
ISSN:0009-7004
2641-9238