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This 42 page paper examines how the Turkish director Fatih Akin explores and represents issues of cross-National culture and dual national identity in his films. The paper does this by looking at the history of Turkish immigrants in Germany, looks at the way culture has developed. The paper then looks at how immigrant culture, inside and outside of Germany has been represented by other filmmakers, including, but not limited to Douglas Sirk and Fassbinder before looking at the work of Akin and assessing the way it reflects the cultural issues. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
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File: TS14_TEakinturky.rtf
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Trans-National Culture 17 4. IMMIGRANT FILMS 18 4.1 Douglas Sirk 19 4.2 Fassbinder 21 4.3 Jewish Desporia 23 4.4 Immigrants in Films 25 5. FATIH AKINS 26 5.1 Films Directed 26 5.1.1 The Early Films 27 5.1.2 Short Sharp Shock 28 5.1.3 In July 29 5.1.4 Denk ich an Deutschland - Wir
haben vergessen zur?ckzukehren 31 5.1.5 Solino 31 5.1.6 Head On 32 5.1.7 Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul 34 5.2 Other Works 35 5.2.1 Kebab Connection 36 6. FATIH AKINS PORTRAYAL OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS 37 7. THE CONTEXT OF THE FILMS 40 8. CONCLUSION 42 REFERENCES 45
1. Introduction The media and film in particular is a result of the society that produces it. The presentations may be
ideological, fantasy or depictions of reality designed to inform, entertain or educate. In this sense film can play an important role. It is a useful medium that can achieve many
goals at the same time. One young, award wining writer and director is Fatih Akin. Born in 1973 in Hamburg, this Turkish director has developed the presentation of Turkish
Immigrants in film in a way that starts to challenge the stenotypes without challenging social structures. The films may be seen as reflecting reality depicting unusual events or situations,
but presenting real conflicts and issues that reflect this history of the area and the feeling of many long term immigrants. Germany has a history of rejecting or integration the
need for integration, this has meant that unlike many other areas where integration of immigrants has taken place, in Germany there are separate identities which can result in misunderstanding the
reinforcement of negative stereotypes. The development of a hybrid culture is emerging in some of the younger generation Turks in Germany but the process is slow and extremely painful with
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