Taşkafa, Stories of the Street
Taşkafa is a real dog and also a legend on the streets of Istanbul. John Berger begins Taşkafa’s story, reading from his novel, King, the story of the disappearance of a community told from a dog’s perspective. The area’s ordinary people – taxi drivers, shopkeepers, street traders – care deeply about the welfare of the city’s street dogs and they tell us stories about Taşkafa and their other canine neighbours. The animals are a symbol of community living, where people (and dogs) look out for each other, but this is a community in transition; one from which dogs are starting to be expelled. Eccentric, amusing and very warm, the film is a powerful indictment of the impact of global politics and the economic appropriation of public space but, even more, it is a tribute to both the spirit of resistance and to city life that can accommodate people and dogs together.
Year: 2013
Genre: Documentary
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Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Cast: John Berger
Crew: Gulen Guler (Producer), Andrea Luka Zimmerman (Director), Andrea Luka Zimmerman (Writer), Bill McAlister (Producer)
Runtime: 66 minutes
Release: Oct 15, 2013
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Turkey, United Kingdom
Language: English, Deutsch, Türkçe
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : woman director
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