Adopting a New Homeland
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Riza, Enis, director.
- Language
- Turkish.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Turkey, 2006.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (56 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00003092
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- The film tells the story of a population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1922. Makry (Fethiye - Kayaköy) in Turkey turns out to be Nea Makry (New Makry) in Greece, a new homeland. By this film, people in Nea Makry started to question their feelings towards the Turkish people. They started to share their feelings of the past, present and future. They are the people from the 1st to 3rd generation of population exchange who suffered the sorrow of immigration, force to leave their homeland and move to a new country, and who grew up with the sorrowful stories of their predecessors. The transformation of prejudices into friendship of the people of two cultures that stay apart because of the history they did not create and could not change.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 1451 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 1451 (HU_OSA_00003092.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |