In 1970, Melek Tez came to Berlin as a young worker from Turkey. A confident woman, she first countered racist resentments and remarks with irony and wit. Jokingly, she even referred to herself as a "Kümmeltürkin", a derogatory German term for Turkish migrants. Yet after fourteen humiliating years, her fighting spirit has given way to resignation: Melek Tez is returning to Turkey. Blending documentary, interviews and re-enacted scenes, director Jeanine Meerapfel chronicles Melek Tez' life experience.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG
Keywords
- woman director
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Top Cast
Melek Tez as Self
Gülcin Tez as Self
Jeanine Meerapfel as Self (voice)
Top Crew
Jeanine Meerapfel · Director, Writer
Johann Feindt · Cinematographer
Klaus Volkenborn · Editor
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