Jiyana Rewsenbireki Kurd: Casimê Celîl (2021)
• December 10th, 2021 • 0h 56min
Documentary
Overview
Casimê Celîl was born into a Yezidi Kurdish family in 1908, in a village called Kızılkule, located in Digor, Kars. The village and family life, which he longed to remember throughout his life, ends with the massacre they endured in 1918. During his long road to Erivan, Armenia, he lost all his family members. Left all alone, Casim was placed into an orphanage and was forced to change his name. To remember who he was and where he came from, every morning he repeated the mantra “Navê min Casim e, Ez kurê Celîlim, Ez ji gundê Qizilquleyê Dîgorê me, Ez Kurdim, Kurdê Êzîdî me”, which translates to: “My name is Casim, I am the son of Celîl, I come from the village of Kızılkule in Digor, I am a Kurd, and I am Yezidi”. He clings to every piece of his culture he can find, reads, and saves whatever Kurdish literature or art he comes across. As the year’s pass, Casim finds himself with an impressive collection of Kurdish culture and history.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Homemad(e)
Released on: 2001-09-12
Documentary
Marc Aurel-Straße in Vienna: The last surviving Jewish textile merchant in the former textile distri...
Joanna Lumley: The Search for Noah's Ark
Released on: 2012-12-23
Documentary
In search of the truth behind the story of Noah's Flood, Joanna Lumley and her team examine the theo...
Music of Yarsan: A Living Tradition
Released on: 2015-01-01
Documentary
The educational documentary film Music of Yarsan: A Living Tradition is an investigation into the va...
Six Days
Released on: 2013-01-01
War, Documentary, Drama
Three women, three wars, one dream. Lanja is a journalist in Iraq fearlessly fighting against honor ...
45 Days: The Fight for a Nation
Released on: 2021-09-16
Documentary
A feature documentary presented and directed by former Royal Marines Commando Emile Ghessen. The doc...
Das mit dem Älterwerden
Released on: 2016-06-13
Documentary
Facebook is for “old people” and baggy pants are almost vintage. We are the generation that now has...
Beethoven's Birthday: A Celebration in Vienna with Leonard Bernstein
Released on: 1970-12-16
Documentary, Music
In this documentary portrait prepared for the anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's 200th birthday, ...
One Book at a Time
Released on: 2020-07-15
Documentary
Sarah Kamya is a school counselor in New York City. She began the project Little Diverse Libraries o...
The Last Season: Shawaks
Released on: 2009-07-05
Documentary
"The Last Season: Shawaks" revolves around an extended Shawak family whose life is marked by seasona...
Armenia, My Home
Released on: 2024-02-24
Documentary
Experience spectacular aerial and ground views and cultural revelations of a country like no other i...
Binxet - Under the border
Released on: 2017-05-11
Documentary
“Binxet – Under the border” is a journey between life and death, dignity and pain, struggle and free...
We Called Him the Ugly King
Released on: 1987-01-01
Documentary
A mockumentary about Turkey-based Kurdish film director, scenarist, novelist, and actor Yilmaz Güney...
Kino Wien Film
Released on: 2018-11-05
Documentary
A journey through Viennese cinemas, from the first showings by the brothers Lumière to modern megapl...
The Void Inside
Released on: 2020-10-21
Documentary
After getting caught in a fight, Vahid needs to sell one of his kidneys to avoid a prison sentence o...
A Story of Home
Released on: 2022-12-31
Documentary
As a result of the second Karabakh war, a village should be ceded to Azerbaijan since a new highway ...
Le vieil âge et l'espérance
Released on: 2019-04-26
Documentary
When old age imposes physical and sometimes mental decay, is there a way to maintain a hopeful attit...
A Word for Human
Released on: 2019-03-21
Documentary
The library is a stronghold of humanism, but today libraries are more than places for borrowing book...