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2009
Not Rated
1h 16m
7.3IMDb

Documentary

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What it's about

An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 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. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination.

Cast and crew

Director: Mark Cousins
Writer: Mark Cousins
Starring: Mark Cousins, Gharib Ahmad Rauf, Mohammed Mahmud

Details

Release date: Sep 4, 2010
Country: United Kingdom, Canada
Awards: 3 wins & 2 nominations