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Black Kites (1996)

Based on 1992 journals of Bosnian visual artist Alma Hajric who was forced into a basement shelter to survive the siege of Sarajevo, Black Kites skillfully merges the reality-based content of her journal with interpretive visual material to reveal the simple, sometimes beautiful, yet brutal truth of her existence. Non-linear, dreamlike and spectral, Black Kites is a testament to artistry, imagination and the resiliency of the human psyche. Features sensitive performances by Steve Buscemi, Mimi Goese and Mira Furlan, a prominent actress from the former Yugoslavia, as the narrator.

    Top billed cast

    • Photo of Steve BuscemiSteve Buscemi
    • Photo of Mira FurlanMira FurlanNarrator
    • Photo of Mimi GoeseMimi Goese
    • Photo of Lucian BuscemiLucian Buscemi
    • Photo of Maryette CharltonMaryette Charlton

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