QUEST FOR HONOR - Cineffable 2013

Mary Ann SMOTHERS BRUNI

Mary Ann Bruni is a first time filmmaker. In 1991 she joined the Kurds fleeing the wrath of Saddam after the failure of the Kurdish uprising. She returned to Iraq, in search of the families she had known in the mountains. Her experiences over the next three years in Iraqi Kurdistan were recorded in a 1994 book and photographic exhibition, Journey through Kurdistan. In 1998 Mary Ann launched Stations for Leila, a tribute in Christian and Islamic images to her friend Leila, who was brutally and mysteriously murdered in Duhok, Iraq. Mary Ann returned to Iraqi Kurdistan in 2002 to photograph an exhibition Zagros Prayers featuring images of Kurdish women. In 2005 she returned to scout locations and stories for three films on Kurdish women. Quest For Honor is the first of them. Mary Ann's published several books. Her photographs have been shown in London, Bhutan, Canada, as well as many museums and galleries in the United States.

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October 30th to November 3, 2013

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