Black Kites

Black Kites — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 18, 1996
• Runtime
• 26 min
• Director
• Jo Andres

Black Kites — Cast

Steve Buscemi Mira Furlan Narrator

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Mimi Goese

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Lucian Buscemi

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Maryette Charlton