The Sun of the North: Building Autonomy in Bakur (El sol del nord)

Kurds say that in Kurdistan the sun rises in the west, a reference to Rojava, which means “west” in Kurmanji. The self-governing region in northern Syria became known around the world. Its neighbour across the border gets much less attention.

The Sun of the North is a snapshot of Bakur, the Kurdish region in south-eastern Turkey, where people are carrying on their own struggle for a dignified life and for democratic self-government in the face of repression.

The documentary is in Kurdish, Turkish and Catalan, with Spanish subtitles.