Refugee References

Refugee Mental Health Films and Video Clips

1. My Small Land Original title: Mai Sumoru Rando

(2022) 1 hour 54 minutes Available on Prime Video

A Kurdish family is trying to navigate their lives in Japan while facing the difficulties of getting their visa approved and seeking refuge in a foreign country.

Review: “My Small Land” Offers an Intimate Look at Kurdish Refugees in Japan By Jianne Soriano, 20 Nov 22

https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2022/11/review-my-small-land-japan-movie/

2. A Day in the Life of Kurdish Refugee Boy (4 minutes) (Voice of America) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGnyF5d-Jo

3. CineKurd – Missile - Mardi (15 minutes) (2017) by Renas Miran - Drama, War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11L2kbLyqUI

4. Movie: Salute to Peshmarga by Ahmad Rambo – War, Drama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9rVksk4-EI

5. Turtles Can Fly (2004) 11-minute Explanation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APc5SGtGTT8

Full film is available on YouTube with membership

From the Associated Press Archives

(4 minutes)

September 19, 1996

GUAM: MORE KURDISH REFUGEES EVACUATED FROM NORTHERN IRAQ ARRIVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7dkWyNfkNw

Refugee Mental Health Academic Studies

Böge K, Hahn E, Strasser J, Schweininger S, Bajbouj M, Karnouk C. Psychotherapy in the Kurdistan region of Iraq (KRI): Preferences and expectations of the Kurdish host community, internally displaced- and Syrian refugee community. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2022;68(2):346-353. doi:10.1177/0020764021995219

Branam LS, Yigit I, Haji S, Clark J, Perkins JM. Kurdish Refugee Beliefs about Mental Health and Help-Seeking: A Community-Engaged Research Study in Tennessee. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(2):1224. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021224

Hollifield M, Warner TD, Krakow B, Westermeyer J. Mental Health Effects of Stress over the Life Span of Refugees. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2018; 7(2):25. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7020025

Modesti C, Talamo A. Defining Adjustment to Address the Missing Link between Refugees and Their Resettlement Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9902. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189902