Gianfranco Rosi waited three years to get the shot. It's a short scene in Notturno, Rosi's new documentary, which is Italy's submission for the 93rd Academy Awards in the best international feature category, as well as a best documentary feature contender.
A woman from the Yazidi community of Kurdistan scrolls through audio messages on her phone. "When you hear this, answer me right away or ISIS will be listening." Messages from her daughter, kidnapped by ISIS.
Rosi met the husband of the kidnapped woman when he first went to Iraq to begin work on Notturno, which looks at the devastation wrought by terrorists — as well as local dictators and foreign armies —acrossSyria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Kurdistan.
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