Siyahim Afrikaliyim Türküm - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

"Once upon a time, the sieve was in the straw, In many parts of this troubled world, black-skinned slaves lived. They worked to the fullness of the throat, they slept where they could curl. It has been day, it has been night. But the ...See more"Once upon a time, the sieve was in the straw, In many parts of this troubled world, black-skinned slaves lived. They worked to the fullness of the throat, they slept where they could curl. It has been day, it has been night. But the takeover never came back. Masters are always masters, slaves have always remained slaves. " The documentary titled "I'm Black, African, I'm Turkish" starts with this subtitle. The film, which is the continuation of the 2007 documentary titled "The Arab Girl Is Looking From The Glass", which tells about the slavery establishment in the Ottoman Empire, follows the stories of the grandchildren of thousands of Africans who moved to the Ottoman lands every year until the Republic was established; their hopes, joys, sorrows and, for most of them, their endless poverty . Written by Gül Büyükbese See less