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13Aug/18Off

Yezidi genocide told through virtual reality

394852Image1“Telling a story that matters and is more relevant now than ever – this was the driving force for everyone involved in the project,” co-director Celine Tricart told Rudaw English.

Tricart and Christian Stephan co-directed the short documentary after they were asked by American actress and writer Maria Bello and told of the Yezidis’ plight.

It has been shown at more than 20 film festivals, including Cannes, SXSW, HotDocs, and World VR Forum.

The short documentary allows Yezidis to tell their stories of survival, but also revenge.

“They treated us like monsters. They aren’t human. They are beating people, forcibly taking girls and women, starving people, destroying us. This is not human,” one survivor says in the film.

It incorporates leaked ISIS film of men bragging about purchasing sex slaves for the price of a handgun, with the lighter-eyed Yezidi women and girls fetching higher prices.

The film captures the story of women who banded together to fight back against the group responsible for massacring and subjugating the Yezidi people.

“Until I die, I will not take off this uniform,” says one Peshmerga. “I promise on Sinjar soil, I promise to liberate the prisoners from the hands of our enemies.”

“Shooting 360 degree isn’t easy, even more true in Iraq. Our camera (generously supplied by Google) was the best VR camera in the world, but it also looked like an improvised explosive device, making every checkpoint crossing stressful,” Tricart wrote in an article for Shoot Online.

See the full story here: http://www.rudaw.net/english/culture/11082018

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