Lost Songs of Anatolia

Nezih Ünen and his crew set out across Anatolia. What they wanted was to gather local music where it lived. They went to villages, to high pastures and to small towns. The people singing were not professionals. There were no rehearsals and no stage. The camera found people in their own surroundings. Dances and rituals were filmed the same way. The production took years. The material gathered was rearranged afterwards. Some pieces were rebuilt with modern arrangements. Others were left exactly as they were. What came out sits between a documentary and a musical. The film played festivals in 2008 and cinemas in 2010. The ninety six minute documentary is the work of Nezih Ünen, a Turkish production finished in 2008.