‘Mediha’ Director Hasan Oswald’s Camera Became Mediha Alhamad’s “Best Friend,” She Says – Contenders Documentary
DeadlineStory by Erik Pedersen
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Teenage Iraqi Yazidi survivor charts her family's search for kidnapped loved ones in director Hasan Oswald's empowering documentary 'Mediha'
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- Hasan Oswald, the director, first met Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad, then 14, after she returned from ISIS captivity at age 10, and gave her the camera to document her life and family's search
- Mediha says the camera became her 'best friend', allowing her to process her trauma and give a first-hand account of the Yazidi genocide that the world needs to see
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Hasan Oswald, Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad, Together Films, Mediha