Bakur (North) is a documentary that invites its audience to reflect on a war that has been continuing for decades and gives an insightful look on its main subject, the PKK. The film follows the lives of the guerilla in three different caamps on the Kurdish region (north) that lies within Turkish borders.
Bakur, which was shot during the summer and autumn of 2013, introduces us to women and men who have decided to join the armed struggle to for ‘a better future for their people.’ Bakur tells the story of how the PKK, a group that has been known as building its struggle mostly on national identity, turned to become a women’s movement. The documentary challenges the audience to develop a different point of view as it sheds light on this mysterious world.