Duration: 1 43′ 40”
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7978076/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_7
Production: Black LIght – Thomas Sideris
THE STORY
A revealing documentary about press freedom and human rights in Turkey, more relevant than ever.
– Under the auspices of the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg
– Journalistic Research Award from the Athanasios Botsis Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism
The film’s director of photography, Osman Yeniş, was arrested and imprisoned in a maximum-security facility before the completion of the filming.
All journalists appearing and speaking in the film were arrested before the documentary was finalized.
The leader of the third-largest parliamentary party in Turkey, HDP, Selahattin Demirtaş, was arrested a few weeks after his interview with Thomas Sideris.
The film was screened in nine cities across five U.S. states in 2019.
Special screening at the School of Law of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Official participation in Anti-Racism Weeks under the auspices of the German State in Berlin and Leipzig.
Special screening at the European Parliament concerning torture in Turkey.
Award from the Journalists and Writers Foundation based in New York.
Award from the Intercultural Dialogue Platform based in Brussels.
The music of the film is composed by Grammy Award-winning Athanasios Alatas.
Production: BLACKLIGHT – Anastasios Katsaris
STILLS
TRAILER
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS / SPECIAL SCREENINGS / AWARDS
- OFFICIAL SELECTION / THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL / GREECE / 2018
- ERT-3
- HONORABLE MENTION / ATHANASIOS BOTSIS FOUNDATION FOR THE JOURNALISM / 2018
- BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD-SECOND PLACE / INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF IERAPETRA / GREECE / AUGUST 2018
- OFFICIAL SELECTION ANTIRACISM WEEKS / BERLIN / MARCH 2018
- OFFICIAL SELECTION ATIRACISM WEEKS / LEIPZIG / MARCH 2018
- OFFICIAL SELECTION ATHENS INTERNATIOPNAL DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL / GREECE / DECEMBER 2019
- SPECIAL SCREENING IN NEW JERSEY / USA/ MARCH 2018
- SPECIAL SCREENING IN WASHINGTON DC / USA/ MARCH 2018
- SPECIAL SCREENING IN BROOKLYN / USA / MARCH 2018
- SPECIAL SCREENING IN CLEVELAND / OHIO / USA / MARCH 2018
- SPECIAL SCREENING IN CHICAGO / USA / MARCH 2018
- SPECIAL SCREENING IN BRUSSELS / PRESS CLUB / APRIL 2019
MEDIA
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