Film Screening "Hidden in the Sand"

“Hidden in the Sand” chronicles the story of Famagusta, a city in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus that was evacuated during the 1974 invasion. Since then, a large portion of Famagusta has been encircled by barbed wire and kept under strict surveillance by the Turkish military, which uses the territory as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Cyprus government. Over the last 34 years, Famagusta has become a deteriorating ghost city; its former inhabitants watch their houses decay from outside the barricades, waiting for the day when they can return. As both the maker and a participant, the filmmaker examines the fate of this “city in captivity” and her family’s connection to it. Ultimately though, the film tackles the ugly effects of nationalism, militarism, and propaganda in the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities.

Speaker: 202 Luce