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Well

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  • History
  • Documentary

Overview

In the 1990s many people in Kurdistan were taken into custody and interrogated under torture; their killers disposed of the bodies by throwing them out of helicopters, or burying them in acid-filled wells. Thousands were murdered/disappeared by paramilitary forces—such as Jitem and Hizbul-Kontra—that were financed and supported by the state, though they have always stuck to the line: “We didn’t do it.” The documentary looks at the case of seven people, including four children, who were disappeared from the town of Kerboran [Dargeçit] in 1995, and tells the story of their families’ tireless search for their bones

Keywords

  • turkey
  • human rights
  • multiple murder
  • state crimes
  • hidden body
  • torture victim
  • missing
  • ethnic cleansing
  • kurds
  • desaparecidos

Details

Status
Released
Release date
May 16, 2018
Original language
Kurdish
Spoken languages
Kurdish, Turkish
Countries
Turkey
Director
Veysî Altay
Budget
$55,500
Revenue
Not recorded
Well (2018) | Kinocult