Forbidden Song of Kurdistan

The Kurds are one of the largest nations in the world without a state of their own, split between Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. In Turkey their language was banned for decades and is still restricted today.

Forbidden Song of Kurdistan reports from south-eastern Turkey after October 2015, when Kurdish towns declared self-government and the Turkish state answered with curfews and military operations. The film looks at what speaking, singing and organising in Kurdish means under these conditions.