Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

12/08/2011

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0hr 34min

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Documentary

STORY

In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Thomas Morton

    Director

  • Santiago Stelley

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • VICE Media

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Kirghiz