Seeing Sergey reminded me that I wanted to tell you guys about a film I started watching last week called Kurmanjan Datka (that’s the original title, it’s also called Queen of the Mountains, which is how it’s listed in IMDb).

Anyway, I heard about it via the AramcoWorld newsletter, so I went off in search of it because it’s the kind of movie that appeals to me: an epic historical film about a legendary Kyrgyz woman (named Kurmanjan Datka). It’s a long film (over 2 hours), but the cinematography—OMG, the eye candy! It’s kinda like Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan, if any of you are familiar with that one. I couldn’t find it on sale anywhere, but it turns out the entire thing is on YouTube, complete with English subtitles. Yay!

I’ve only watched the first 1/3 of of it, but it was really good and I hope to watch the rest sometime this week. Here it is:

Kurmanjan Datka Film Курманжан Датка фильм