Dugma: The Button

director: Paul Refsdal

original title: Dugma: The Button

year: 2016

running time: 58 min.

synopsis

An everyday observation of Syrian men who have volunteered to be suicide bombers in the struggle against the government. The mosaic of monologues and testimonies slowly changes into a “conversation with the enemy” in an attempt at breaking through unspoken cultural prejudices.

biography

Norwegian journalist and documentary filmmaker Pål Salahadin Refsdal (1963) was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2009 while working on a film. He later made Captured by Taliban (2010), which was shown internationally in a slightly different version entitled Taliban: Behind the Masks.

more about film

director:	Paul Refsdal
producer:	Ingvil Giske
photography:	Paul Refsdal
editing:	Robert Stengard
sound:	Svenn Jakobsen

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