Bakur (North)

Synopsis

“Bakur” (North) is a feature-length documentary about one side of the war that has been going on in Turkey for decades: the PKK guerrillas. Shot in secret, Bakur is the world’s first documentary made with inside access to the PKK within Turkey. Filming took place in the summer and autumn of 2013 in camps in North and South Kurdistan, primarily in Dersim, Amed and Botan. The film introduces us to women and men who have chosen to join the armed struggle “for a better future for their people”, and tells how the PKK, known mainly for its fight for national identity, evolved into a women’s movement. Bakur invites the viewer to look at the PKK from a completely new perspective.

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