(74 min; 2013; dvd; English subtitles)

Written & directed by Taha Karimi (1976-2013)

 

Recipient of the Best Kurdish Documentary Film, 2nd Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq; Città di Roma Award for Bet Asian Documentary, 14th ASIATICA Film Mediale, Rome 2013; Best Documentary Feature Film Award, Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2014; and Jury’s Special Mention, Cinema Vérité International Documentary Film Festival, Iran 2014

 

The film will be introduced by Anuradha Veeravalli, who formerly taught at the Dept. of Philosophy, DU

 

Followed by a discussion

Speakers: Prof. Shiv Vishvanathan, Executive Director at the Centre for the Study of Science, Society and Sustainability at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy; Prof  Dilip Simeon, Labour historian, Chairperson, Aman Trust, who taught history at Delhi University; Shri Amar Kanwar, film maker, Delhi; Mr. Hardy Mirza, Iraqi Kurdish Student, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Delhi

 

In 1988 the Iraqi Ba’ath party murdered and buried 182,000 Kurds in 350 mass graves. Only 10 people managed to escape. Faraj climbed out from amongst the dead and was taken to the USA by ‘Human Rights Watch’. Realizing that few people were aware of the genocidal ‘Anfal’ massacres, Faraj formed the ‘Iraqi Mass Graves Survivors’ group. He returned to Kurdistan where, with four other survivors, he bought 1001 red apples and cloves and distributed them to families who had lost members. These apples and cloves became symbols of reconciliation and peace