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CCA 4 Saturday 18th October
8.20-10.00 pm
Lanzo's Box
Sami Mermer
Canada 2007 / 100Mins
This documentary
is about director Sami Mermer's struggle to make a film about the homeless people
that litter the streets of Grand Rapids - a city that thousands of Kurds were
taken to following the Gulf War in 1991.
A stateless and displaced Kurdish refugee himself, Mermer fled from Turkey to North America in fear of persecution for his involvement in Kurdish cultural activities. After September 11, his hopes of being granted political asylum were crushed. However, gaining refugee status would not be his only challenge.
Paranoid citizens call the police saying that "an Arab-looking man with crazy
hair is filming a bridge and airplanes", and the FBI begins monitoring
his movements as he tries to make his film...
8.20-10.00 pm
Lanzo's Box
Sami Mermer
Canada 2007 / 100Mins
This documentary
is about director Sami Mermer's struggle to make a film about the homeless people
that litter the streets of Grand Rapids - a city that thousands of Kurds were
taken to following the Gulf War in 1991.
A stateless and displaced Kurdish refugee himself, Mermer fled from Turkey to North America in fear of persecution for his involvement in Kurdish cultural activities. After September 11, his hopes of being granted political asylum were crushed. However, gaining refugee status would not be his only challenge.
Paranoid citizens call the police saying that "an Arab-looking man with crazy
hair is filming a bridge and airplanes", and the FBI begins monitoring
his movements as he tries to make his film...| Day Passes | Waged £15 | Unwaged £5 |
| 4 x Day Festival Passes | Waged £35 | Unwaged £15 |
| Single Screenings | Waged £4 | Unwaged £2 |
| All programmes free to asylum seekers/refugees | ||
Festival Pass holders:
pick up your tickets
Passholders please note: though you are entitled to entry to all Document 6 screenings, a ticket is still required for any individual programme - these are FREE on presentation of your pass at the box office. It is advisable to pick up tickets for individual screenings well in advance of screening time, as programmes often sell out.