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Sandlines, the Story of History, is a 2020 Iraqi movie, directed by Francis Alÿs. with a runtime of 61 minutes.
Sandlines, the Story of History is a remarkable Iraqi documentary in which the children of a mountain village near Mosul become the unlikely narrators of a hundred years of their country's turbulent history. Beginning with the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 — the diplomatic carve-up that drew the modern borders of the Middle East — and ending with the reign of terror imposed by the Islamic State in 2016, the children re-enact pivotal moments with striking commitment and intuitive understanding. By revisiting the past through play and performance, they illuminate how history lives in the present — in their landscape, their community, and their inherited trauma. A profound and deeply original work of documentary filmmaking.
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