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Translations: Independent Documentary
Filmmaking in Turkey
Gündelikçi (Housekeeper)
Emel Çelebi
Turkey, 2006
Betacam SP PAL/NTSC | 50min. | Colour | VOSI, VOSC
Production: & ATT
Screenplay: Emel Çelebi, Necati Sönmez
Photography: Fesih Alpagu, Memet Dalmaz, Necati Sönmez
Music: Burak Ekinil
Sinopsis
Do we really know what life is like for cleaning women? What does it mean to clean for someone else? Do they do so freely or are they forced to by circumstances? Where do they come from? What are their interests, conflicts, consumer habits and life expectancy in an eminently patriarchal society like Turkey?
Festivals
Best Documentary - 43 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2006
First Prize - 9th Women's Film Festival in Seoul 2007