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The Hard Life of "Sea Gypsies" Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum
 Under the theme "Economics," the Museum is showing the Portuguese documentary, People with Water Below, on Thursday, April 20, at 7:00 p.m. Directed by Rui Nunes, the film describes the hardships of the fishermen of Macau. Following the screening, Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Öncü directs a discussion entitled "Capital, Culture and Environment: How We Pollute Our Environment."
In the 1920s, fishing was the chief economic activity on the island of Macau and constituted a source of income for 60,000 sea dwellers – nearly a third of its population. By the 1990s, the number of people who were born, lived and died at sea barely made up 1% of the population. The film documents the struggle for survival of this handful of "sea gypsies" living along the coastline of Porto Interior.
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.
People with Water Below
Director: Rui Nunes / Portugal / 1999
Running time: 49 min. |
Assoc. Prof. Ahmet Öncü
Öncü is a faculty member of the Department of Sociology, in the Faculty of Administrative Sciences at Sabancı University. He has written articles on political economy, social theory and organizational sociology, published both in domestic and international periodicals.
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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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