Experience a screening and Q&A with Firat Yücel and belit sağ to discuss their filmmaker-group project Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto) Censorship. A group of filmmakers and artists from Turkey collaborated to create videos on “(auto)censorship” in response to the increasingly repressive climate in Turkey. The result is Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)censorship, a collective reflection on the limits of freedom of expression. Six videos intertwined with each other, reframing the history of censorship from the perspective of those who experienced it. Through diverse forms—desktop documentaries, video essays, photography, letters, chats, reenactments and CCTV footage—Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship revisits recent histories of censorship from the perspective of those who have lived them. From prison writings and unsent letters to unfinished documentaries and a painting barred from print, the anthology explores a central question of filmmaking: to show, or not to show. Director: Serra Akcan, Hakan Bozyurt, Sibil Cekmen, Can Memis, Erhan Örs, Belit Sag, Nadir Sonmez, Firat Yücel Following the screening, filmmakers will join remotely via Zoom for the Q&A.
New York City, NY; NYC