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
FORSAKEN PATHS
 
Yollar Cimen Bagladi

Directed by Ruya Arzu Koksal

Documentary / Turkey / 2006 / 36 min.    
In Turkish with English subtitles   

 


An intimate story about the semi-nomadic Cepni tribe in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Every June, the Cepni lead their cows on a two-day hike up to the mountain pastures. Today, only a few families still follow the old paths to the mountains where they spend the summer months. The story is told through three Cepni women aged 20, 28 and 77.

 

 

 


Director RUYA ARZU KOKSAL:


Ruya Arzu Koksal (1972) earned a BA degree in general linguistics from Hacettepe University, Ankara, in 1994. She has since been working as a professional tourist guide in Anatolia and leading cultural trips to Central Asia, India, Nepal and Tibet. Her travel articles have been published in a number of newspapers and magazines in Turkey. Forsaken Paths won the Best Documentary IFSAK Award and Jury Special Prize in the Ankara Film Festival.