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El Velo de Berta/ The Veil of Berta Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum
 Under the theme, "Nature - Urban Environment," the Museum's movie theater is showing the Chilean documentary, El Velo de Berta/ The Veil of Berta, co-directed by Jeannette Paillán and Esteban Larrain. Following the screening scheduled for Thursday, February 15, at 7:00 p.m., architect and coordinator for the Human Settlements Association, Korhan Gümüş will conduct a discussion entitled, "The Public Dimension of Symbolic Struggle."
Endesa, a multinational company heads the Ralco Project to construct a gigantic dam to stop the flow of the Bio Bio River and flood the land where the Mapuche Pewenche people have lived for centuries. "The Veil of Berta," offers a delicate narration of the struggle of Berta Quintreman, the leader of a small group of elderly indigenous women, who, after resisting for years both the authorities of Endesa and the government, manage to stop the construction of the dam and prevent the flooding of their land.
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.
El Velo de Berta/The Veil of Berta
Director: Jeannette Paillán - Esteban Larrain Chile / 73 mins./ 2004
Discussion: "The Public Dimension of Symbolic Struggle" Korhan Gümüş
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Korhan Gümüş
After graduating from the Istanbul St. Joseph high school in 1975, Gümüş obtained his BA in Architecture from the State Academy of Fine Arts in 1981. The same year, he enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Faculty of Literature at Istanbul University. From 1981 to 1987, he served as product development coordinator for Şişecam and from 1988 to 2000, was general manager for Macro Space Organization. Many of his articles have appeared in newspapers such as Milliyet, Radikal, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, and Birgün as well as in magazines like Domus M, Arrademento Mimarlık, Yenimimar, Mimarlık, Yapı, Toplum ve Bilim, Cumhuriyet Bilim ve Teknik, Milliyet Sanat, and İstanbul. For 5 years now, Gümüş has produced the program Artı/Eksi on Açık Radyo and is currently an executive board member of the Istanbul European Capital of Culture Project. Since 1997, Gümüş has been serving as voluntary coordinator for the Human Settlements Association and he is also a member of İSTAV and the History Foundation.
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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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