The town that drove away / EPF Media ; directors, Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski ; writers, Natalia Pietsch, Grzegorz Piekarski ; producer, Katarzyna Kostecka ; coproducers, TVP, Maczu Piczu ; producer, LARMO.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Piekarski, Grzegorz, film director, screenwriter.

Pietsch, Natalia, film director, screenwriter.

Kostecka, Katerzyna, film producer.

LARMO (Firm), production company.

Telewizja Polska, production company.

Maczu Piczu (Firm), production company.

EPF Media, publisher, distributor.

Language:

Arabic

English

Kurdish

Turkish

Subjects (All):

Dams--Design and construction--Turkey.

Dams.

Floods--Turkey--Hasankeyf.

Floods.

Extinct cities--Turkey.

Extinct cities.

Kurds--Kurdistan.

Kurds.

Dams--Social aspects--Turkey.

Hasankeyf (Turkey)--Social conditions.

Hasankeyf (Turkey).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (73 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Beverly Hills, California] : EPF Media, [2024]

Language Note:

In Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkish with English subtitles.

Summary:

In Kurdistan, the last residents of Hasankeyf watch as their town disappears under the waters of Erdogan's unstoppable dam project. Promises of modernity strip villagers of their identities, replacing their traditional homes with bleak concrete. As shepherd Rengin and barber Burak navigate a strange new system, where survival depends on obedience, all that remains is family pride and a fragile sense of dignity.

Credits:

Cinematography, Grzegorz Piekarski, Natalia Pietsch ; editing, Alan Zejer ; music, Jozef van Wissem.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 13, 2026).

Publisher Number:

em-16119 Docuseek2