'Sozdar, She Who Lives Her Promise'
Director: Annegriet Wietsma, The Netherlands, 2007, 70 minutes
As a twelve year old girl she refused to be given in marriage. Thirty years later Nuriye Kesbir is still fighting, now as a wanted leader of a guerrilla-movement. Why would a women turn her back on marriage and motherhood to choose a path that leads to a battle of life and death instead? Sozdar, She Who Lives Her Promise is a frank portrait of the backgrounds and motives of Nuriye Kesbir, one of the leaders of the Kurdish resistance movement PKK. Filmmaker Annegriet Wietsma followed Kesbir on her remarkable journey, beginning in a Dutch prison and ending in the rough mountains of Northern Iraq.
Thursday June 19th, 21.00hrs, gratis/free
Annegriet Wietsma will be present on this evening
