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Taşkafa, Stories of the Street (2013)
Directed by Andrea Luka Zimmerman
Documentary · 1h 06m
Taşkafa is a real dog and also a legend on the streets of Istanbul. John Berger begins Taşkafa’s story, reading from his novel, King, the story of the disappearance of a community told from a dog’s perspective. The area’s ordinary people – taxi drivers, shopkeepers, street traders – care deeply about the welfare of the city’s street dogs and they tell us stories about Taşkafa and their other canine neighbours. The animals are a symbol of community living, where people (and dogs) look out for each other, but this is a community in transition; one from which dogs are starting to be expelled. Eccentric, amusing and very warm, the film is a powerful indictment of the impact of global politics and the economic appropriation of public space but, even more, it is a tribute to both the spirit of resistance and to city life that can accommodate people and dogs together.
Cast
John Berger
Crew
- Director
- Andrea Luka Zimmerman
- Writer
- Andrea Luka Zimmerman
- Producer
- Bill McAlister, Gulen Guler
Details
- Release date
- 2013-10-15
- Runtime
- 1h 06m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, German, Turkish
- Countries
- Turkey, United Kingdom