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    New Kurdish Film Focuses on Turkish Genocide

    http://www.rudaw.net/english/culture_art/5470.html?print
    26/11/2012 05:30:00By ALLAN KAYAN


    Dogan told Rudaw that the idea of the film has been in his mind for
    several years; however, he couldn't pursue it due to financial issues.



    ERBIL, Kurdistan Region -- The Kurdish film `My Father's Voice' is
    screening in Turkey and Germany. Based on a true story, the film is
    about the genocide committed against Kurds in Marash, Turkey.

    `The Kurdish Kurmanji dialect is the language of the film,' says
    Zeynel Dogan, the film's producer.

    `My Father's Voice' was first screened in Amsterdam, Holland. The film
    won the Adana International Cinema Award and was also awarded best
    film scenario at the Istanbul Film Festival.

    The film focuses on a family who escapes during the genocide; it is
    the story of Dogan's own family.

    Dogan told Rudaw that the idea of the film has been in his mind for
    several years; however, he couldn't pursue it due to financial issues.

    `At first, I wanted to create a documentary. After discussing it with
    my friends, they encouraged me to make a movie,' Dogan said.

    The movie features a man listening to a tape recording which tells the
    story of his family. `The tape recording is very special as it reveals
    many things, especially what happened to my father and my family,'
    Dogan said.

    Dogan says that Orhan Eskiköy wrote the screenplay.

    In his film, Dogan used the original dialect of the area where the
    genocide occurred.

    `Using the original dialect is very important, because it is a little
    bit different from standard Kurmanji,' Dogan said. `People who speak
    this dialect are embarrassed to speak it as they are made fun of by
    others.'

    `One of our goals was to change this mindset,' he said, adding that
    having variety of dialects makes the Kurdish language rich.

    Dogan spoke about the new Kurdish generation in Turkey. `This
    generation was born in the 1980s when the military coup happened in
    Turkey,' he said. `They have experienced the ban of their culture and
    language. They had been imprisoned. They grew up in war and conflict.
    Some of them joined the guerrillas, while others chose to fight for
    Kurdish rights in other ways.'

    Dogan added, `This generation is very active and holds their
    oppressors accountable.'

    The film is a product of this generation and Dogan feels it has been
    successful. `If we continue this way, we will have a bright future in
    cinema,' he said.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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