The First Movie
2009, English. Directed by Mark Cousins.
We tell stories not for revenge, but to find our place in the world.
Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just seven hundred people on a tributary of the Tigris river, and tries to make a dream film about a place that is normally only portrayed in current affairs programmes. He gives the kids cameras, and they make their own little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice.
- Runtime
- 0h 56m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 14 December 2009
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Mark Cousins
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Who directed The First Movie?
The First Movie (2009) was directed by Mark Cousins and stars Mark Cousins, Gharib Ahmad Rauf.