The other town / Atlantik Film ; director, Nefin Dinç ; writer, Hercules Millas ; producers, Hercules Millas, Nefin Dinç, Gamze Paker Mekik, Claudine Avetyan.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Dinç, Nefin, cinematographer, director, editor, interviewer.

Millas, Herkül, 1940- screenwriter, interviewer, narrator.

Atlantik Film, producer.

Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Turkish

Subjects (All):

Greeks--Attitudes.

Greeks.

Turks--Attitudes.

Turks.

Greeks--Turkey--Public opinion.

Turks--Greece--Public opinion.

Nationalism--Greece.

Nationalism.

Public opinion.

Greece.

Nationalism--Turkey.

Turkey.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([37] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)

polychrome

Edition:

Widescreen.

Other Title:

Opening title and title on container may be seen as: Other town, the other town

Released in Turkey under title: Oteki kasaba

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : twn, Third World Newsreel, 2011.

Language Note:

Narration in English with Turkish and Greek interviews subtitled in English.

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, Region 1.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

"Why do neighbors fight? Why do the world's ethnic or religious groups experience mutual hatred and suspicion? The documentary film The Other Town, explores the negative feelings of a Greek town, Dimitsana, and a Turkish town, Birgi, towards the Other. Bitter sentiments and prejudices are widespread in both societies. Locals of all ages are caught in a web of stereotypes that impedes bilateral relationships between Turkey and Greece. Similar situations exist in many other societies around the world. The Other Town examines the key issues of why peace is sometimes so difficult to achieve, and why hate is constantly reproduced in public life. While visiting the two towns and talking with their inhabitants during the span of a year, the documentary makers come to understand that bad relations between the two nations exist not so much due to their turbulent past, but due to contemporary nationalistic mentalities and education."--Container.

Participant:

Narrator and interviewer, Hercules Millas; interviewer, Nefin Dinç.

Credits:

Camera, editor, Nefin Dinç

Notes:

Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 2011.

Aspect ratio 1.78:1.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

776204542