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Memory too low for words (Hafıza Yetersiz)
This one hour documentary directed by Turkish filmmaker Ümit Kıvanç tells the story of the late journalist, writer and humanitarian Hrant Dink, a Turkish citizen of Armenian descent who was assassinated by a young Turkish nationalist in 2007. The film offers a deep exploration of Dink’s thoughts and feelings regarding Armenians, Turks and the country of Turkey, all based on recordings of his voice during various interviews and presentations leading up to his murder. (Turkish with English subtitles)
Memories of Marash, The Legacy of a Lost Armenian Community
Memories of Marash, The Legacy of a Lost Armenian Community is a 67 minute documentary film by Roger Hagopian exploring the Armenian way of life of the city, a cultural, religious, commercial, and educational center located in present day Turkey, culminating in the series of massacres from the late 1800s to 1923 and the final expulsion of that populace during the Armenian Genocide.
Divided Cyprus | Turkish Cypriots | Greek Cypriots | This Week | 1976
Two years after the division of Cyprus, ‘This Week’ looks at the plight of the Greek and Turkish communities on both sides of the United Nations brokered border. And they also look into reports of desecration of the holy sites left behind by both communities.
Gavur Mahallesi Belgeseli
Giaour Neighbourhood Documentary From Mıgırdiç Margosyan
Dialogue in a basket | Chai Khana
In Turkey, the Covid-19 pandemic was dealt with through lockdowns that sometimes lasted for as many as four days. There were also strict measures prohibiting people over the age of 65, like Fatma, from leaving their homes. During those periods, the author and producer of this documentary, Varduhi Balyan, was often her only bridge with the outside world. A combination of fear about the virus and the required physical distancing started a revival of the fading basket culture in their district.
Antigoni, Our Small Island Our Life
A small island in Marmara Sea, close to Istanbul, lies Burgaz, once called Antigoni. It is an entire country, and an endless longing, for the former residents. Along with thousands of Greek minorities (Roums) in İstanbul, they paid for the political struggles between Turkish and Greek governments, and as a result departed from their beloved homeland of Antigoni in their youth. They tried to escape from the memories at first, and for many years stayed away from the island that was their fairyland once. They tried to replace Antigoni with other islands. But neither Burgaz could live without them, nor could they live without Antigoni. The time has come to reunite old friends in their middle age.
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In Between Atatürk and Venizelos Streets
This is an oral history project exploring the effects of the 1923 Turkey/Greece population exchange on a variety of Greek and Turkish individuals. It was produced in 2003 by Hande Gümüşkemer who conducted the interviews and procured the vast amount of never-before-seen archival footage in support of her PhD studies.
Dawnland
A documentary about cultural survival and stolen children: inside the first truth and reconciliation commission for Native Americans.
Germans & Jews
TODAY, EUROPE’S FASTEST GROWING JEWISH POPULATION IS IN BERLIN.
Germany is considered one of the most democratic societies in the world, assuming the position of moral leader in Europe as it embraces hundreds of thousands of refugees. None of these developments could have been imagined in 1945. Through personal stories Germans & Jews explores the country’s transformation from silence about the Holocaust to facing it head on. Unexpectedly, a nuanced story of reconciliation emerges. What began as a private conversation between the two filmmakers and friends, Tal Recanati (Jewish) and Janina Quint (non-Jewish German), grew into a cultural exchange among many. We realize that the two people are inextricably linked through the memory of the Holocaust. Germans and Jews is provocative, unexpected and enlightening.
In North America, the film is available to stream and buy from Amazon, iTunes and First Run Features.
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