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Mediha

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Mediha and her younger brothers, Ghazwan and Adnan, were kidnapped in August 2014 when ISIS invaded their village of Sinjar in Northern Iraq. After years of enslavement by different ISIS families, they were rescued and returned to the IDP camps in Northern Iraq. Their parents and youngest brother are still missing, yet despite this they must now attempt to rebuild their lives. Faced by local and international complexities, which continue to affect rescue and accountability efforts years after the genocide, the siblings must turn to a network of Yazidi rescuers in the search for their missing family members. Their story takes place over three years, across Iraq, Turkey and Syria, highlighting the ongoing and long-lasting impact of ISIS atrocities. Mediha takes us on her quest for justice, confronting her trauma and pain through personal video-diaries, and reclaiming her voice by initiating investigations into her perpetrators.

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Jonathan Romney Financial Times Mediha offers hope, but not the comforting illusion that it comes painlessly. Rated: 4/5 Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian This is impressive work from film-maker Hasan Oswald that allows its subject, as far as possible, to tell her own story. Rated: 4/5 Nov 21, 2024 Full Review Lovia Gyarkye The Hollywood Reporter The documentary operates at a minor and meditative key, but its urgent message still rings loudly. Dec 21, 2023 Full Review Saskia Baron The Arts Desk The plight of persecuted minority groups around the world seems to be growing worse. As one form of response, a non-fiction film like Mediha works to make vivid the individual stories of people who might otherwise be reduced to statistics. Rated: 4/5 Nov 22, 2024 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru A poignant and gripping documentary. Oct 6, 2024 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film Through it all, Mediha remains a marvel, finding the inner strength to be there for her brothers at the same time as steeling herself to try to identify her kidnapper. Rated: 4/5 Mar 28, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Hasan Oswald

Director

Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad

Self

Hasan Oswald

Writer

Hasan Oswald

Producer

Annelise Mecca

Producer

Fahrinisa Campana

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Synopsis Mediha and her younger brothers, Ghazwan and Adnan, were kidnapped in August 2014 when ISIS invaded their village of Sinjar in Northern Iraq. After years of enslavement by different ISIS families, they were rescued and returned to the IDP camps in Northern Iraq. Their parents and youngest brother are still missing, yet despite this they must now attempt to rebuild their lives. Faced by local and international complexities, which continue to affect rescue and accountability efforts years after the genocide, the siblings must turn to a network of Yazidi rescuers in the search for their missing family members. Their story takes place over three years, across Iraq, Turkey and Syria, highlighting the ongoing and long-lasting impact of ISIS atrocities. Mediha takes us on her quest for justice, confronting her trauma and pain through personal video-diaries, and reclaiming her voice by initiating investigations into her perpetrators.
Director
Hasan Oswald
Producer
Hasan Oswald, Annelise Mecca, Fahrinisa Campana, Alexander Spiess, Stephen Nemeth
Screenwriter
Hasan Oswald
Distributor
Together Films
Production Co
Enderby Entertainment, Love World Media, Rhino Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Kurdish
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 30m