No Friends but the Mountains

After the rise of ISIS and the central role Kurdish forces played in fighting it, the question of Kurdish independence became more urgent than ever.

In No Friends but the Mountains, London-based Kurdish author Kae Bahar travels back to his homeland to ask whether the Kurdish dream of freedom can become reality. He finds a complicated mix of national hope and internal division, and no simple answer to the question of war or peace.

The film is age-restricted on YouTube, so it may need to be watched on YouTube itself.