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The Many Lives of Kojin
88 min. | Subtitled
A film by Diako Yazdani

With great sense of humor, filmmaker Diako Yazdani, a political refugee in France, returns to see his family in Iraqi Kurdistan and introduces them to Kojin, a young gay man who seeks to exist in a society where he seems unable to find his place.

In The Many Lives of Kojin, a portrait is drawn of a society where homosexuality seems not to exist. It also forces us to look at this as a mirror of how we deal with minorities. The Kurdish 23-year old Kojin decides to confront his community about the subject of homosexuality, which is taboo in his culture. This experiment could cost Kojin his life, because many of the people he speaks to openly admit that they would prefer to see all homosexuals in coffins.

However, Iraqi Kurdistan, apart from the pride of its inhabitants in their nationality and their constant struggle for independence, openly demonstrates prejudice and disgust toward people with a different sexual orientation. The situation forces Kojin to seek asylum in Europe. Yazdani’s brilliant full-length debut tells a story of great courage and persistence in striving to live in harmony with one’s nature, regardless of the consequences.
A look at the endless struggle of a minority within a minority, The Many Lives of Kojin from AndanaFilms, is exclusively available on Docuseek and gives hope through example that it is possible to undergo a transformation—to become a champion of diversity instead of its enemy.

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