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    On Her Shoulders

    Alexandria Bombach 2018 USA Documentary color 94min DCP
    ★ 2018 Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival
    ★ 2018 SXSW Chicken & Egg Award, SXSW Film Festival

    Nadia MURAD's life is a dizzying array of exhausting undertakings—from giving testimony before the U.N. to visiting refugee camps to soul-bearing media interviews and one-on-one meetings with top government officials. The film follows this strong-willed young woman, who survived the 2014 genocide of the Yazidis in Northern Iraq and escaped the hands of ISIS to become a relentless beacon of hope for her people, even when at times she longs to lay aside this monumental burden and simply have an ordinary life.

    Director

    Alexandria Bombach

    She is an award-winning cinematographer, editor and director from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been leading a nomadic life since 2010.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Alexandria Bombach

    2018 On Her Shoulders
    2016 Afghanistan by Choice
    2015 Frame by Frame
    2013 Common Ground
    2013 Moveshake: Stories of Gregg Treinish and Alison Gannett
    2012 Julio Solis: A MoveShake Story
    2012 Shannon Galpin: A MoveShake Story

    Director, Cinematographer & Editor: Alexandria Bombach
    Producer: Hayley Pappa, Brock William
    Executive Producer: Bryn Moose, Matt Ippolito, Adam Bardach, Marie Therese Guirgi & Alison Klayman
    Co-producer: Elizabeth Schaeffer Brown
    Composer: Patrick Jonsson

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