2017 One Book Film Festival: Mustang

Program Type:

Featured, Art, Literature

Age Group:

Teens, Emerging Adults, Adults
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Event Details

In a village in Northern Turkey, when five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on their way from school, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.  The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them. Directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 97 minutes, France/Turkey, 2015

Part of 9-film international screenings that speak to the themes of peacemaking, migration, resilience and reconciliation featured in the 2017 One Book San Diego selection The Sandcastle Girls by NYT bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian. Introductions and post-screening audience discussion led by SDSU Professor and KPBS blogger Rebecca Romani.

Visit this link for a full schedule of the screenings.

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