| Title | : | The First Movie |
|---|---|---|
| Release | : | 2009 |
| Rating | : | 7.3 |
| Language | : | N/A |
| Runtime | : | 0 |
| Genre | : | Documentary |
An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 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. They make little movies about war, love, a fish that goes to a magical place, and a chicken who debates justice. Despite the production being stopped twice by the Iraqi secret police, The First Movie is about wonder and the power of the imagination.—Channel 4
Mark Cousins
