Film Record: Çatalağzı Kuyusu

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Date produced: 1975

Filmmaker(s):

Behlül Dal

Production credits:

• Nevin Dal,

Country of Production:

Turkey

Languages:

Turkish

Duration:

24 minutes 41 seconds

Format:

format unknown

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Optical

Awards/Recognition:

Sinematek Dijital Sinema Kütüphanesi [Sinematek Digital Cinema Library]

Description:

“Zonguldak Çatalağzı isimli kömür çıkarma kuyusunu 26 eylül 1969 yılında su basmış. Bu kuyu o dönem en fazla kömür üretimi gerçekleştirilen kuyu imiş. TKİ bir proje kapsamında suyu boşaltmış [...].” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/catalagzi-kuyusu-1975/ (20 November 2019).

“The coal mine in Zonguldak, named Çatalağzı, was overflowed on September 26, 1969. The coal mine was the most productive one in the country at the time. Turkey's Directorate General of Coal Enterprises (the abbreviation “TKİ” stands for the Directorate) designed a project to put the water out [...].” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/catalagzi-kuyusu-1975/ (20 November 2019).

Resources:

http://sinematek.tv/catalagzi-kuyusu-1975/ (20 November 2019).

Locations:

• Işık Veren/Zonguldak (Filming)

Subjects:

• Industries
• Politics
•      Labor

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Viewing Notes:

A Turkish film actor, Erol Taş, features in the documentary, which is about the project of putting the water out in 1968.

While the focus of the documentary is the project, a story of three miners dramatizes the narrative; a voice-over narration with the nationalist subtext accompanies the dialogues, non-diegetic sound, and images.

Video Link:

• https://vimeo.com/360764652

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