Archive: Year 2024
HUMAN RIGHTS DOX
Mediha
مديحة
Director
Hasan Oswald
Producers
Hasan Oswald
Joyce Pierpoline
Mediha Alhamad
Cinematographers
Hasan Oswald
Mediha Alhamad
Editor
Kaitlyn Plumb
Sound
Ken Skoglund
Website
Contact
Hasan Oswald
2108 Fifth Ave
New York, New York 10035
United States
[email protected]
2023
United States
87 min
Color
Mediha, a teenage Yazidi girl who has recently returned from ISIS captivity, turns her camera on herself to process her trauma while rescuers search for her missing family members. This is the story of the Yazidi Genocide and its aftermath, shown through the lens of one young survivor as she confronts her past through personal video-diaries, reclaiming her voice and stepping bravely towards the future.
Since the start of his filmmaking career, Hasan Oswald has established an ability to capture the human experience through verité cinema. His unfettered access and intimacy with his subjects create a seamless veneer between the filmmaker and subject that heightens the immediacy and personal nature of his storytelling.
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