Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. TV only slowly became a commodity in Turkish living rooms since the mid-70s, so cinema together with radio was the only mass media everyone could afford. The Turkish film industry “Yeşilçam” on the other hand, was both financially and structurally weak. The films were exposed to a harsh censorship board and working conditions were adventurous and often deadly.
Cem Kaya is a documentary filmmaker with an interest in found footage work. Coming from the field of cultural studies and trained as an editor, his work includes Die Kalte Platte (2003), Do Not Listen! (2005) and Arabesk – Gossensound und Massenpop (2010).
Cem Kaya
Jochen Laube
Meryem Yavuz
Tan Kurttekin
Cem Kaya
Emrah Yıldırım
Gözen Atila
Özkan Çoşgun
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