Movie

Mediha

20241h 30m

Documentary

Mediha and her younger brothers, Ghazwan and Adnan, were kidnapped in August 2014 when ISIS invaded their village of Sinjar in Northern Iraq. After years of enslavement by different ISIS families, they were rescued and returned to the IDP camps in Northern Iraq. Their parents and youngest brother are still missing, yet despite this they must now attempt to rebuild their lives. Faced by local and international complexities, which continue to affect rescue and accountability efforts years after the genocide, the siblings must turn to a network of Yazidi rescuers in the search for their missing family members. Their story takes place over three years, across Iraq, Turkey and Syria, highlighting the ongoing and long-lasting impact of ISIS atrocities. Mediha takes us on her quest for justice, confronting her trauma and pain through personal video-diaries, and reclaiming her voice by initiating investigations into her perpetrators.

Directed by:

Hasan Oswald