Mustafa (2016)

• 56%
• 2016
• Documentary
• Ernes Sarykhalil

Mustafa Dzhemilev - who is he? According to Wikipedia, he's politician and public figure. However, what kind of spirit is hiding behind his legendary personality, confident pace and silent smile? Mustafa Dzhemilev's history is a symbol of peaceful resistance against injustice and discrimination in the post-Soviet region. In the future, the documentary about the great leader's life history will enables the viewers to rethink his way, which passed through the Soviet times, Ukrainian independence and the Crimea occupation. Documentary about Mustafa Dzhemilev will be a guide to the struggle for human rights and justice. Documentary film 'Mustafa' lasting 90 minutes, which shows the history of Mr. Dzhemilev's life, which includes his struggle for returning to Crimea from the exile places during the Soviet Union, the trial course against him in the USSR, his experience of over 15 years as a political prisoner in a Soviet labor camps and his long hunger strike in human history. The film also features the return of Crimean Tatars to their motherland after the Soviet collapse. It shows Mr. Dzhemilev's struggle with the problem of the Crimea occupation in 2014.