Guerrilla Archive
A documentary film by Chowra Makaremi, Shahrzad Mojab, and Setar Faithi
Screening in presence of the directors
Discussant: Nermin Elsherif (Utrecht University)
Synopsis: Through the lens of Setar Faithi Awihang, a Kurdish fighter turned photographer, Guerrilla Archive explores a previously unseen visual archive—photographs, sounds, and videos documenting the daily lives of Kurdish Peshmergas after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
This documentary film traces the threads of militant memory, between armed struggle and community organizing, within Komala, a Kurdish communist party opposed the Islamic State. Guerrilla Archive offers an immersion into the counter-archives of violence, where documenting becomes a political act.
This event is jointly organized by the Contesting Governance Platform, the Gender, Diversity and Global Justice Platform and the NOG.
Wednesday April 1, 2026
Film screening: Guerrilla Archive (documentary 50 minutes followed by Q&A with filmmakers)
Time: 17:15 – 18:45 hrs.
Location: Muntstraat 2A, Grote Zaal
Chair: Marlene Schäfers
Discussant: Nermin Elsherif (Utrecht University)
Registration: limited seats available so please register by sending an email to: nog@uu.nl
Please note that RMA and PhD students can get 1 ECTS from the NOG for attending this film screening, the interactive seminar Women Who Resist: Narratives of Defiance Across Borders with Shokhan Mohammed Fatah and Shahrzad Mojab (April 2, 10-12 hrs) and the Doing Gender Lecture by Shahrzad Mojab (April 2, 17.15-18.45 hrs).
