Minority Studies: Screening and discussion
On November 13 there will be a viewing and discussion of "Elsewhere", a documentary on the Turkish Dönmeh, with documentary maker Melis Birder. On November 14 there will be a viewing and discussion of the movie "Baglar", a documentary on a Kurdish basketball team in Southeastern Turkey.
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The research group Minority Studies has organized a viewing and discussion of two documentaries together with documentary maker Melis Birder.
Monday November 13 from 16:00-18:00 Minority Studies has organized together with Det jødiske samfunn Bergen a screening of parts of the documentary that the Turkish documentary maker Melis Birder is making on the Dönmeh, a small Turkish religious minorities descended from Jews who in the late seventeenth century converted to Islam but still follow their Jewish Messiah, Sabbatai Tsevi. Introduction and response by Alexander van der Haven, followed by discussion. The presentation and discussion will be held in English.
Tuesday November 14 from 16:00-18:00 there will be a screening and discussion together with the Turkish documentary maker Melis Birder on the documantary Baglar. Baglar is directed by Berke Bas and Melis Birder, about how an "underdog" basketball team from hard scrabble Diyarbakir in Southeastern Turkey goes beyond winning games in their mission to rise above prejudice, poverty and political turmoil created by the decades long conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebels who are fighting for local autonomy and cultural rights. The presentation and discussion will be held in English.
