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Black Kites

1996-07-18 · 26 min · ★ 4.5

Based on 1992 journals of Bosnian visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter to survive the siege of Sarajevo, Black Kites skillfully merges the reality-based content of her journal with interpretive visual material to reveal the simple, sometimes beautiful, yet brutal truth of her existence. Non-linear, dreamlike and spectral, Black Kites is a testament to artistry, imagination and the resiliency of the human psyche. Features sensitive performances by Steve Buscemi, Mimi Goese and Mira Furlan, a prominent actress from the former Yugoslavia, as the narrator.

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Directors
Jo Andres
Production companies
Open City Films
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Steve BuscemiSteve Buscemi
Mira FurlanMira FurlanNarrator
Mimi Goese
Lucian Buscemi
Maryette Charlton

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