12th BOSTON TURKISH FESTIVALSM

Colors of Anatolia
 
OCTOBER 29 - DECEMBER 15, 2007
  
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DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM COMPETITION

 

Wednesday - November 28, 2007    at 8:30 p.m.

Remis Auditorium
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston
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In Competition
HOUSEKEEPER
 
Gundelikci

Written and directed by Emel Celebi

Documentary / Turkey / 2006 / 50 min.    
In Turkish with English subtitles   

 


Do we really know about the housekeepers who clean and tidy other people's homes all the time? What is it like to clean someone else's dirt? Is it their own choice or are they forced by circumstances? Where do these women come from? What are their worries, conflicts, consumption habits and expectations of life? By earning their own money, do they gain some kind of independence in a patriarchal society? The answers will enlighten our attitude towards them, and change our perceptions and prejudices.

 

 

 

 


Director EMEL CELEBI:


Emel Celebi was born and raised in Istanbul, where she studied English literature. She has worked for various magazines as an editor and a writer. More recently, she has been involved in a number of documentaries. Her directorial debut, "Housekeeper", won the Best Documentary Award in Antalya Film Festival and First Prize in the 9th Women's Film Festival in Seoul.

Filmography:

Housekeeper (2006 - director, writer, editor)

To Make An Example of (2007 - producer, writer, editor)
Theo's Gaze (2003 - producer, writer, editor)