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The First Movie

Documentary

2009, Movie, 56min

Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just seven hundred 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, and they make their own little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice.

Country: Canada,United Kingdom

Director:

Mark Cousins

Cast:

Mark Cousins,

Gharib Ahmad Rauf

Reviews

Critic Nev Pierce

rated

A thoughtful documentary showing a side of a country we only usually see through a blood-smeared lens.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Part documentary, part interactive educational project, this is an entirely admirable film by Mark Cousins.

Read full review at The Guardian

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In "The First Movie," filmmaker Mark Cousins embarks on a unique journeys to a small Kurdish-Iraqi village to create a dream film that defies traditional documentary storytelling. By giving cameras to the local children, he captures their imaginative and poignant stories of war, love, and fantasy, offering a rare and refreshing perspective on a place commonly associated with conflict and devastation.

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