Event time:
Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location:
Henry R. Luce Hall (LUCE ), 101 (Auditorium)
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT
06511
Event description:
Hundreds of thousands of Turkish cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they’ve wandered in and out of people’s lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Claiming no owners, the cats of Istanbul live between two worlds, neither wild nor tame — and they bring joy and purpose to those people they choose to adopt. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to the people, allowing them to reflect on their lives in ways nothing else could.
Directed by Ceyda Torun (Turkey, 2016)
In Turkish with English subtitles
After film discussion with Ozgen Felek, Gül Deniz Demirel, and Israfil Boyaci, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University