STFF Documentary Shorts Program: Humans of Anatolia – IDENTITY [In-Person Only]
Free, with a suggested donation of $5–20.
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Discussion
This installment of STFF’s “Humans of Anatolia” series focuses on Identity. With a program of five short films from Turkish directors, STFF aims to spark discussion about concepts and aspects of identity that are unique to the Anatolian region.
A Q&A will follow the screening!
DOCTOR
Turkoman Beşir and his family were forced to flee to Türkiye from Syria because their village was bombed in the civil war. While Beşir’s dream was once to become a doctor and help people, he and his family find themselves torn apart as they adjust to new living and working conditions.
(Yavuz Üçer, Turkey, 2017, 10 min, in Turkish with English and Turkish subtitles)
Hear Their Heartbeat (Bıraktığın Yerden '700 Hafta')
Many people taken into custody have disappeared in Turkey. Having lost her father in detention in 1995, Besna met Saturday Mothers in hopes of finding her father and has continued to fight for justice and freedom with them for over 20 years.
(Volkan Güney Eker, Turkey, 19 min, in Turkish with English subtitles)
Gulizar
Gülizar is a woman with hereditary dwarfism, loved within her community, though family relationships are complex.
(Yahya Ozan Çalışkan, Turkey, 2019, 5 min, in Turkish with English and Turkish subtitles)
Sister (Abla)
Hatice Akgün is the only woman semi-trailer truck driver in the excavation area in Turkey and has been doing it for 20 years. Sister (Abla) documents her life and struggles between the Black Sea and Istanbul.
(Kenan Diler, Turkey, 2018, 17 min, in Turkish with English subtitles)
Pink ID (Pembe Kimlik)
With the high rate of intersex births in the village of Çıkrık in Şanlıurfa, many individuals are registered as male or female at birth, affecting their acceptance in society as they develop physical attributes that do not align with the binary.
(Tolunay Tekmek, Turkey, 2019, 18 min, in Turkish with English subtitles)