Peshmerga

Peshmerga

92 mins | Documentary | June 8, 2016

From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...

Peshmerga

92 mins | Documentary | June 8, 2016

Peshmerga
From July to December 2015, with a camera team in tow, Bernard-Henri Lévy journeyed 1,000 km along the frontline separating Iraqi Kurdistan from Islamic State troops. The journey resulted in an illustrated logbook offering a special insight into an unfinished war with a global impact. Alongside the Peshmergas – Kurdish fighters imbued with a spirit of unfailing determination in their fight against obscurantism and jihadism, the film takes us from the heights of Mosul to the heart of the Sinjar mountains, passing the last Christian monasteries threatened with destruction along the way. A tale peopled by real characters, men and women whose faces are rarely seen...
IMDb rating 3.8
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Canal+, Margo Cinema
Original title Peshmerga
Directors Bernard-Henri Lévy
Writers

Cast

Araz Abdulkhadr

as Peshmerga

Bakhtiyar Muhammad

as Peshmerga

Ameed Bahram

as Peshmerga

Mike Barzani

as Peshmerga

Sirwan Barzani

as Peshmerga

Ahmed Gardi

as Peshmerga

Maghdid Harki

as Peshmerga

Sheikh Jafar

as Peshmerga

Kemal Kirkuki

as Peshmerga

Sabah Zangana

as Peshmerga

Général Harass

as Peshmerga

Shwan Muhammad Gharib

as Peshmerga

Hussein Yazdanpanah

as Peshmerga