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"CHERNOBYL: THE INVISIBLE THIEF"
Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum
 The Museum's movie theater is showing the German documentary film Chernobyl: the Invisible Thief, under the theme "Natural-Urban Environment / Architectural Texture." Directed by Christoph Boekl, the film gives a haunting and compelling account of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl and its consequences on the people that were exposed to radiation. Following the screening on Thursday, October 19, at 7:00 p.m., nuclear engineer and faculty member, Prof. Tolga Yarman will conduct a discussion entitled, "Neither Chernobyls nor the Widespread Ingenious Idiocy Ruling the World Today Is Our Destiny."
On April 26, 1986, reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant blew up. The Russian fire brigades struggling to take control of the catastrophe were exposed to fatal doses of radiation and three weeks later almost all of the men were dead. Boekel's documentary is both a lament for the forgotten victims of the disaster and a cautionary tale against blind trust in technology.
The Museum's film program is prepared in collaboration with the Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) and offers a film, complemented by a discussion, on a different theme every week. Screenings are held free of charge. Please call (0212) 334 22 70 to make reservations.
Chernobyl: The Invisible Thief
Director: Christoph Boekl, Germany, 2006
Running time: 59 mins.
Discussion: Prof. Tolga Yarman / "Neither Chernobyls nor the Widespread Ingenious Idiocy Ruling the World Today Is Our Destiny."
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Prof. Tolga Yarman
After graduating from Galatasaray high school in 1963, Yarman earned a master's degree from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, in 1967. He then obtained a second master's degree from the Institute of Nuclear Energy at Istanbul Technical University in 1968. In 1972, he received his doctorate degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1975 to 1982, he was a member of the Nuclear Security Committee for the Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (AEK), and between 1978 and 1982, he was a member of AEK's advisory board.
Tolga Yarman became associate professor in nuclear engineering, at Istanbul Technical University, in 1977, and full professor in 1982. He has taught in the Institute of Nuclear Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Middle East Technical University and Boğaziçi University, at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Anadolu University, at the Faculty of Engineering and Political Science at Istanbul University, at Galatasaray and at Işık University. Over the past ten years, his work bringing together Einstein's Theory of Relativity and Modern Atomic Theory has had wide repercussions in various scientific milieus.
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Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) started out as a civil platform and began its structuring process following the National Conference held in March 1997. Today it continues its activities as an association with professional status, certified by the Ministry of Culture. Starting with Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir and Izmir, BSB is in contact with documentary filmmakers throughout Turkey. Convinced that civil culture is crucial in designing better social futures and filling the blanks of collective social memory, the Documentary Filmmakers Association considers these functions complementary to the creative aspect of documentary filmmaking. BSB creates and promotes screening spaces other than television, organizes and participates in film festivals all over Turkey and offers film screenings with discussions, especially in universities. |
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