Semra Ertan
Short Documentary Film, AT/DE 2013, Farbe+SW, 8 min., OmeU
Diagonale 2014
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Director, Camera, Editor: Cana Bilir-Meier
Script: Cana Bilir-Meier, Gedichte: Semra Ertan
Location Sound: Julian Paul Stockinger, Philip Leitner
Music: Enjott Schneider
“Mein Name ist Ausländer” (“My name is foreigner”), is the title of a poem by author Semra Ertan. In 1982, in protest against racism in the Federal Republic of Germany, the migrant worker from Turkey set herself on fire at the age of 25. Cana BilirMeier offers a portrayal of Ertan’s life through subtle montage of text fragments and footage mosaics. It is a patchwork of history shaped by essayistic storytelling.