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Independent Film for Solidarity of Traumas in the Cinema of Turkey
Independent Film for Solidarity of Traumas in the Cinema of Turkey

Author(s): Fatma Edemen
Subject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Politics of History/Memory, Peace and Conflict Studies, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: independent film; memory studies; multidirectional memory; travelling memory; postmemory;

Summary/Abstract: Michael Rothberg introduced the concept of multidirectional memory in Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization (2009). Later, many other scholars used his idea to analyze works of art, including films. Although multidirectional memory generally focuses on the possibility of establishing solidarity between memories/traumas that are geographically or culturally distant from each other, in this article it will be argued that this concept is also crucial within coexisting multicultural and multitraumatic societies. The concept of multidirectional memory, and subsequently concepts such as travelling memory and postmemory, will be examined through the analysis of an independent production from Turkey, Özcan Alper’s film Future Lasts Forever (Gelecek Uzun Sürer, 2011). With the help of critical film analysis, the multidirectional memory of Turkey’s traumatic past will be discussed as an opportunity to practice solidarity.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 116
  • Page Range: 6-21
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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