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The Kasims

Name: The Kasims
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 60 min

DE 60 min

Overview

Eighteen-year-old Shahnura is about to graduate from high school. Her mother spends hours at the dining table while Shahnura is at school, wondering if her mother, sister, and brother are still alive. Living in Germany without a passport or nationality, she listens to the harrowing stories of her mother and two friends who have experienced imprisonment and re-education camps in China. These accounts reveal the suffering, human rights abuses, forced adoptions, and the grim reality of the camps where the predominantly Muslim Turkic Uyghurs are tortured and mistreated.

Release date

20/08/2026

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The film is a portrait of a refugee family spanning two generations, capturing the hopelessness of the directly affected parents and the strength of the indirectly affected children born in Germany.

Genres

Documentary

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

60 min