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Kurdistan Unveiled is a short documentary following the lives of three kurdish people and the views they have on the current situation in kurdistan following the demise of saddam hussein, and what it was like during his reign. The aim of this documnetary was to educate people on what kurdistan is and the current situation that lies there. We also aim to show how kurdistan has been affected by saddam hussein and the emotional tortures they have suffered.

A strong point of this documentary is that it targets people very emotionally as it includes memories of traumatic situations that some people have been through. The ending is also a strong point as it ends on a depressing note with pictures of death. This is great as it leaves an image in the audiences mind and almost leaves them to act upon it.

A weak point for me is the places the people were filmed in. They were all filmed in similar locations so a sense of identity was tough to create with the characters. It also made the documentary almost look repititive. Also there many time constraints due to commitments others memebers of our group had and it did not bode well with the time we had as it only restricted us.

Interesting facts:

• Abdi beat dola whilst filming
• WHile filming sawan the bell went !! (was a great interview as well!!)
• Me and zainab were ready to capture footage but hammad went hounslow like an idiot !¬!! WITH the tape !!!
• Sorry.... but Hassan's cinematography .... a really emotional serious scene ... n he zoomed into sawans nose !!! Loll

ATHAR MAHMOOD !!!

MY REVEW

well kurdistan unveiled aimed to unveil the truth of kurdistan but i think we did more than that.we showed the cultural differences in our society and the stereotypes people have of muslims. what we didnt do was focus on pakistani muslims but looked into iraqi muslims and further more in to the lost land of kurdistan.the 7/8 minute documentary was ''aired'' on Channel 4 in between te news and bigbrother. the timing we chose was crucial for our audience. we aimed to follow the lives of 4 kurdish 6th formers at greenford high school, but after reviewing our footage we had to delete sawans part. so we looked at dola hoshmand and tara. we put in interesting archive footage of kurdistan and saddam hussien to keep it contemporary.
Interesting facts!!!
me n athar wer constant gossip queens in editing

we used to stay until 7 in da evening to edit but it was fun.

hammad ran off with the camera tape...silly child to hounslow.

hassanz camera work was so bad every1 critisised it..sorry it was so shakey lol

kl zebraaaaaaaaaa xxxxxxxxxx

PRODUTION REVIEW

Director: Hammad Khan, Athar Mahmood, Zainab Zakria, Radhika Sorathia, Hassan Abdul

Starring: Dolavon, Tara Arif & Hoshmand

Documentary, 2007, 7mins ???secs

www.kurdistan-unveiled.blogspot.com


Have you ever heard a place called Kurdistan? Ever heard of Kurds? Note…don’t confuse yourself with ‘Borat’ that was Kazakhstan.

Kurdistan: Unveiled is a short documentary explaining yet educating the audience about Kurdistan. It reveals the hidden country and its people, which are proud of their independence. Despite it being known as an ‘un-official country’ Kurdistan remotes itself from its surrounding countries such as Iraq, Iran, Turkey & Syria.

The Documentary starts off with a hard-hitting clip from a film, which sets off of our production. We look into the lives of 3 Kurds, which currently study in GHS. We look into their thoughts and opinions about life before and after Saddams’s Régime.


Interesting facts!!!!

• Dolavon was getting beats from his friend Abdi, during the recording and was about to be thrown in front of incoming traffic. LOL
• We were getting ready for Sawan’s (deleted character) scene, as we pressed the record button, OFF THE BELL WENT…DAMN it took long to get the shot ready!!
• Hassan’s Cinematography was just too funny! Where’s the camera goin!!!?
• Zainab and Athar filming, when they pressed record they didn’t find any tape, and Hammad was down Hounslow with the tape in his bag. HAHA
  
  HAMMAD KHAN