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Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum Gündelikçi/ Housekeeper
 Under the theme, "Nature – Urban Environment," the Museum is showing the Turkish documentary Gündelikiçi [Housekeeper], directed by Emel Çelebi, on Thursday, March 8, at 7:00 p.m. Following the screening, writer Gülnur Acar Savran will conduct a discussion entitled, "Housekeepers: Another Aspect of Invisible Labor."
The film, which won the "Best Documentary" award at the 43rd Antalya Golden Orange film festival, tells the story of those rural women, who after migrating to urban areas, make their living by cleaning other people's houses. About her documentary, Çelebi says the following: "These women have absolutely no rights. They have no social security, no insurance, and no unions. They clean their own homes as well so housekeeping does not seem like real job. They work all day yet house cleaning isn't considered labor. There is that invisible side to it..."
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.
Film Screening: Gündelikçi/Housekeeper
Director: Emel Çelebi / Turkey/ 50 mins./ 2006
Discussion: "Housekeepers: Another Aspect of Invisible Labor"
Gülnur Acar Savran (writer)
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Gülnur Acar Savran
Born in 1951 in Istanbul, Savran resigned from her post as a graduate researcher in the Department of Philosophy at Istanbul University when the higher education law implemented by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) came into effect. In 1983, she obtained her PhD with a doctoral dissertation entitled, "Rousseau, Hegel ve Sivil Toplumun Eleştirisi" [Rousseau, Hegel and a Critique of Civil Society]. Between 1987 and 1997, she taught at Istanbul BİLAR. Savran also gave courses in Sociology during two terms at Boğaziçi University and three terms at Mimar Sina University. Her book Sivil Toplum ve Ötesi [Civil Society and Beyond]was published in 1987, a compilation titled Kadının Görünmeyen Emeği [Woman's Invisible Labor] co-edited with Nesrin Tura came out in 1992, and in 2004, she published Beden Emek Tarih: Diyalektik Bir Feminizm İçin [Body Labor History: For a Dialectic Feminism] In addition to her activities in the Women's Movement, she has worked with magazine publishing collectives (11. Tez, Sınıf Bilinci, Sosyalist-Feminist Kaktüs and Pazartesi) and her articles have appeared in the magazines Yapıt, Defter and Praksis. Savran is currently conducting research on feminist theory.
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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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