The First Movie

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish Iraqi village of just 700 people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes He gives the kids cameras They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice.

Movie info:

Release:

2009

Running Time:

76 min

Certificate:

Suitable for 12 years and over

Availability:

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Genre:

• Documentary

Director:

• Mark Cousins

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