🎬 FilmReview The heartfelt film about Turkish music and culture is screening at Goethe-Institut Chicago. | ✍️ Dmitry Samarov
When West Germany began to invite guest workers from Turkey to fill the lower echelon positions in the country’s growing economy in 1955, the newcomers brought along their own music to remind them of the home they left behind. Seamlessly blending archival footage with talking heads and pithy informational intertitles, director Cem Kaya tells the universal story of newcomers’ struggle for dignity and respect in a new and often hostile environment.
By playing Western pop melodies on the saz and oud or singing about Turkey in German, generations of new arrivals bridge the gap between cultures and make their diasporic compatriots feel like they belong—even when the natives don’t make it easy. Guest workers are routinely underpaid, and every recession brings blame and spikes in racist attacks. Yet as the decades pass, there’s no denying the staying power of the art and the artists who made it.
This is one of those movies that will renew your faith in the human spirit. No matter the obstacle or setback, the simple act of plucking strings, banging drums, or throwing voices can’t help but bring people together, making them feel like they’re where they should be, even when they’re thousands of miles from whence they came.
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