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Öcalan and the Kurdish Question (2015)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 52M

Director : Luis Miranda

Synopsis

Kurdistan, partitioned between Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria, could play a major role in a torn Middle East. But who are the Kurds? What influence do they have? Who exactly is Abdullah Öcalan, the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party? An enlightening investigation by Luis Miranda.

Actors

Abdullah Öcalan
Abdullah Öcalan
Himself (archive footage)
Hugh Pope
Hugh Pope
himself
Cengiz Çandar
Cengiz Çandar
himself
Gültan Kışanak
Gültan Kışanak
herself
Sırrı Süreyya Önder
Sırrı Süreyya Önder
himself
Ahmet Türk
Ahmet Türk
himself
Mahmut Şakar
Mahmut Şakar
himself
Adem Uzun
Adem Uzun
himself
Aldar Xelîl
Aldar Xelîl
himself
Antoine Comte
Antoine Comte
himself
Pervin Budan
Pervin Budan
herself
Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan
Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan
Turgut Özal
Turgut Özal

Crews

Luis Miranda
Luis Miranda
Director
Sarah Miranda
Sarah Miranda
Writer
Serge Guez
Serge Guez
Producer
Raùl Fernandez
Raùl Fernandez
Director of Photography
Luis Miranda
Luis Miranda
Director of Photography
Marie-France Cuénot
Marie-France Cuénot
Editor
Luis Miranda
Luis Miranda
Writer

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