MURIDI - FROM ZÜRICH

MURIDI - AUS ZÜRICH

By Silvana CESCHI, Rolf FREY

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2004

Portrait of the 12-year old Somalian asylum seeker Muridi, who lives in Zürich. In his school he is one of the few 'Peacemaker' activists, who mediate in violent disputes. He tells stories from his life in Swiss German.

    • Year of production
    • 2004
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Languages
    • SWISS-GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 30 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Silvana CESCHI, Rolf FREY
    • Producer(s)
    • Samir . (Dschoint Ventschr)
    • Synopsis
    • Muridi is fourteen years old, his parents are fugitives from Somalia in Switzerland. Muridi loves football and hip-hop, at home he takes care of his four siblings and every Saturday he visits the Koran-school.
      Because he cares so much about peace, he learned to be the school’s peacemaker, to find peaceful solutions for conflicts at the schoolyard.