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DESCRIPTION:Two films from Turkey shown at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. and repeated July 11 in 
 Oakland.\n(1) The International / Beynelmilel  (106 min) 2006 West Coast 
 Premier\nBy Muharrem Gulmez & Sirri Sureyya Onder (Turkey)\nThis is an 
 award winning film and Gulmez and Onder are award winning directors, at the 
 2007 Ankara Int'l Film Festival of  the 2007 Istanbul International Film 
 Festival, the 2007 Moscow International Film Festival and the 2007 
 Tessaloniki International Film Festival:  For all of the awards, please go 
 to:\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893507/awards\nSet in Adiyaman, Turkey, 
 the business for a group of local musicians hits rock bottom due to curfew 
 laws implemented in 1982 by the US supported military coup in 1980. The 
 repression by the junta takes a twist when the region’s martial law 
 commander decides he needs a band for the upcoming visit of the junta 
 generals. The town band is now ordered to put on some uniforms and perform 
 a welcoming ceremony for the military council’s visit to the town. At the 
 same time, the daughter of the local orchestra’s head becomes involved 
 with the town revolutionaries who are seeking to make a statement against 
 the generals. The life and music of the people of Turkey is merged in the 
 struggle to expose and challenge the brutal military rule. This film was 
 one of the most popular films in Turkey about military rule and resistance. 
 Sirri Sureyya Onder was born in Adiyaman in 1962. He was a political 
 science student at Ankara University during the military coup of September 
 12, 1980. He was one of the students arrested during the riots and was 
 convicted as a political felon. Önder served 12 years in Mamak Prison. He 
 defines himself as a distressed person, a man who feels a responsibility 
 for the land he lives in.\n\n(2) 4857 (The Life in Tuzla Shipyards) (30 
 min) 2008 US Premier By Petra Holzer, Selçuk Erzurumlu, Ethem Özgüven 
 Kurgu (Turkey)\nTuzla graveyard overlooks the massive ship building plants. 
 As you start to descend from the hill on the left is a vast military area 
 and it is entirely green and empty of humans.  Then, as if cut by a knife 
 from this, cement buildings appear.  These are the homes of workers 
 laboring at the shipyards.  They are evacuated at 7:00 AM in the morning by 
 the workers who work “outside” at the ship yards in leather plants and 
 other supporting industries.  Sprinkled between the family homes and 
 apartments single workers live in flop houses as they try to survive and 
 hope for the future. Their concerns are death and survival, their hopes and 
 worries are the hopes and worries of all of us.  The Tuzla graveyard 
 overlooks this massive shipbuilding area where great profits are made and 
 workers die. \nSee also\nhttp://4857-documentary.blogspot.com/\nContact: 
 petramh@gmail.com \nand\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2008schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/15/18507511.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: 2 films from Turkey at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
LOCATION:Roxie Theatre 3117 16th St., San Francisco (near 16th St BART)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/15/18507511.php
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