Film

Sozdar, She Who Lives Her Promise

2007 · 1h 10m · Documentary

IMDb

6.6

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 does a women turn her back on marriage and motherhood to choose for a path that leads to a battle of life and death instead? A film about a stubborn Kurdish woman who ended up on a road of no return because of her personal choices. '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.

Nuriye Kesbir (Sozdar)

herself

Victor Koppe

himself

Annegriet Wietsma

herself

Abdullah Öcalan

himself

Rıza Altun

himself

Ali Haydar Kaytan

himself

• Annegriet WietsmaDirector

Release date

November 24, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

Kurdish

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Documentary