Type:
Documentary
Director:
Kevin McKiernan
Year:
2000
Time:
79 minutes
Produced by:
Kevin McKiernan
Edited by:
Thomas G. Miller
Language:
English
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Winner, Best Documentary - Atlanta Film & Video Festival
Winner, Best Documentary - Rhode Island Film Festival
Winner, Best Documentary - Sedona International Film Festival
Winner, Best Documentary - Sidewalk Pictures Film Festival
"Superior example of intrepid journalists going into war zones to get the story."
- Variety
"Brilliant. . . in the very best tradition of American muckraking."
- Studs Terkel
A war of national liberation or a war against terrorism? Filmmaker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan poses this question at the outset of this stirring, provocative film shot in part by legendary director/cinematographer Haskell Wexler (Medium Cool). It's all in how you define "good" and "bad." "Good Kurds" are those in Iraq: They're Saddam Hussein's victims, whom we want to help. "Bad Kurds" are those waging an armed insurrection against Turkey, an American ally: They're at the receiving end of U.S. weaponry.
Kevin McKiernan went to northern Iraq to cover the uprising against Saddam Hussein. Just a few miles away, no one was covering the hidden war in Turkey. McKiernan determined he would report the story independently.
Good Kurds, Bad Kurds brings sharp clarity to a complicated history, while providing disturbing insight into immigration practices and U.S. foreign policy.
Rental Information
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