Unburied in the Past: The Missing Girls of Dersim (Hay Way Zaman - Dersim'in Kayıp Kızları)

Director
Nezahat Gündoğan
Producer
Kazım Gündoğan
Year
2014
Spoken
Turkish
Subtitle
English
French
German
Country
Turkey
Length
65 min.
Format
DVD
Region 2 DVD
Off
Description

The Missing Girls of Dersim is a story of girl separated from her family, language, faith, history and cultural heritage during the 1938 Dersim massacre. After 74 years she is searching for traces of her roots, childhood and traumatic past. Emos Gülveren's daughter Serpil is accompanying this journey to search for her mother’s childhood. "Who am I? , Why has my mother experienced this?" She has set about seeking the answers to these questions.  Emoş and Serpil started their journey to Dersim, in search for their roots. It did not cross their minds to find someone from their family.