Halabja Poison Gas Attack - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

• In 2008, Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider released the album "Silent City" in memory of Halabja Massacre. As Kalhor has writes on the back cover "The piece commemorates the Kurdish village of Hallabja in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is based on an altered Aminor scale and uses Kurdish themes to remember the Kurdish people." In 2011, Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble performed Silent City in Sanders Theater. Later in 2011, Silk Road Project released video of last part of the performance on Youtube
• The industrial band Skinny Puppy included a track called "VX Gas Attack" on their album VIVIsectVI, based on the Halabja poison gas attack. The backing video for this song used on their Too Dark Park album tour featured various video clips showing victims of the attacks being treated for their injuries, as well as the bodies of those who perished in the attacks.
• The Dutch death metal band The Monolith Deathcult composed a track about the gassing on the album "Trivmvirate", called "Wrath of the Ba'ath".
• The 2006 documentary film Screamers about the Armenian American band System of a Down featured a significant segment on the Halabja gas attack.
• The 2002 British horror film 28 Days Later features a scene where the protagonist walks into a deserted diner and finds a dead mother clutching her dead child on the floor; the director's commentary reveals the scene was inspired by footage and pictures of the Halabja gas attack.
• The character Sniper Wolf from the 1998 video game Metal Gear Solid is a Kurdish survivor of the attack, which forms part of her motivation for revenge against the world.