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
Building for Books
Released on: 1958-01-01
Documentary
Though commissioned by Trinity College Dublin as a fundraiser for the Berkeley Library and with exte...
Sidik and the Panther
Released on: 2019-04-16
Documentary
If Sidik manages to spot a leopard in his beloved mountains of Kurdistan, the area can be declared a...
We Feed the World
Released on: 2005-09-10
Documentary
A documentary that exposes the shocking truths behind industrial food production and food wastage, f...
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...
First Armenian Church
Released on: 1923-03-04
Documentary
An elaborate ceremony marks the opening of the first Armenian church in England.
The Legend of the Ugly King
Released on: 2017-09-14
Documentary
Director Hüseyin Tabak explores the legacy of Yilmaz Güney — political dissident, convicted murderer...
Goodbye Words
Released on: 2023-01-25
Documentary
In the aftermath of a death, a home is cleaned out; the accumulation of a life is removed in bags an...
Arthur Miller: Writer
Released on: 2017-12-08
Documentary
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as ...
Kajaran: Metamorphosis of Stone
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary
Humans transform the world. In a stone mine, huge majestic rocks are blasted into pieces and after p...
Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope
Released on: 2023-05-30
Documentary
Jane Goodall-Reasons For hope is an uplifting journey with stories to inspire people to make a diffe...
The Silent Revolution
Released on: 2013-11-15
Documentary
The documentary The Silent Revolution explains the revolution involving nearly 3 million kurds livin...
A Kind Trace
Released on: 1980-03-07
Documentary
The documentary is about an old man from Yerevan who paints on garages, transforming rusty metal wal...
"An Untitled Film" by George Alshevskij-Jones
Released on: 2024-01-16
Documentary, Drama
“An Untitled Film” by George Alshevskij-Jones is a short documentary/visual essay about the struggle...
Aghet
Released on: 2010-04-09
Documentary, History
2010 documentary film on the Armenian Genocide by the Young Turk government of the Ottoman Empire du...
Elfriede & Elfriede
Released on: 2004-06-14
Documentary
Two friends, two Viennese, two poets, two unusual women. They have known each other for 30 years. El...
It'll Never Work
Released on: 2024-03-13
Documentary
A Scottish boat builder and fisherman perseveres in turning a vessel into an innovative solar-powere...
Safe Space
Released on: 2024-06-10
Documentary
This documentary discusses how LGBTIQA+ people experience the streets and nightlife of Istanbul in t...
Architects of Denial
Released on: 2017-10-06
Documentary
Though both the historical and modern-day persecution of Armenians and other Christians is relativel...