Traces: Cinema, Memory, and Peace

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Traces: Cinema, Memory, and Peace Curated by Nilgün Yelpaze and Leyla Toprak What role can culture and art play in the current peace process in Turkey? What does it mean to make films for peace? Through five short films, we aim to explore how cinema can help us confront the injustices of the past, keep memories alive, and envision a shared future. The selected films address issues at the heart of the debates surrounding the peace process in Turkey: the perspectives of political prisoners, mother tongue and education, identity and belonging, and the scars left by the war. In the discussion that follows, we will explore how cinema and other forms of artistic expression can bring people together in this process. Films: Destmala Sor Red Handkerchief 2016 by Leyla Toprak, r…

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