Rojek

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Rojek

2022

2h 7m

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ROJEK encounters incarcerated members of the Islamic State from all over the world, as well as their wives detained in prison-camps, who are sharing a common dream: establishing a caliphate. Confronted with the fundamentalist beliefs of the jihadists, the film attempts to trace the beginning, the rise and fall of the Islamic State (ISIS) through their personal stories. These conversations are the thread along which the documentary evolves, as it is intertwined with various sequences depicting current, post-war Syrian Kurdistan. ROJEK offers an intimate gaze at an unknown reality, testifying of pivotal moments experienced by the actors of this conflict. The film tackles how this ideological war is only the beginning of a new kind of threat.

Leslie Felperin

Guardian

01/15/2024

4/5

Here is an astringent, devastating and truly extraordinary film that is hard work to watch, but entirely worth it.

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Anne Brodie

What She Said

12/15/2023

4/4

Kurdish fundamentalist extremists and Western cultures...faint possibility of finding co-existence. normalises torture and murder in a burning hellscape of ancient repressive laws, fascinating, ugly, raw, and real; we need to know.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

12/13/2023

B-

Despite its fair-minded approach, there's no fresh insights.

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Frank J. Avella

Awards Daily

12/01/2023

B

Rojek is a startling, terrifying account of just how good people turn to terrorism and justify their actions because of the brainwashing of religious zealots. It’s a truly disturbing doc, illuminating a mindset that is difficult to comprehend...

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Pat Mullen

POV Magazine

08/25/2023

This absorbing and admirably even-handed documentary looks the beast in the eye to weigh the context, cost, and consequences of fundamentalism.

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ROJEK encounters incarcerated members of the Islamic State from all over the world, as well as their wives detained in prison-camps, who are sharing a common dream: establishing a caliphate. Confronted with the fundamentalist beliefs of the jihadists, the film attempts to trace the beginning, the rise and fall of the Islamic State (ISIS) through their personal stories. These conversations are the thread along which the documentary evolves, as it is intertwined with various sequences depicting current, post-war Syrian Kurdistan. ROJEK offers an intimate gaze at an unknown reality, testifying of pivotal moments experienced by the actors of this conflict. The film tackles how this ideological war is only the beginning of a new kind of threat.

Director: Zaynê Akyol
Producer: Zaynê Akyol, Sylvain Corbeil, Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre
Screenwriter: Zaynê Akyol
Distributor: Icarus Films
Production Co: Metafilms
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 12, 2023
Runtime: 2h 7m