Turkey
Turkish
65 minutes 29 seconds
16mm
B&W
Optical
“Sinematek.TV film arkeolojisine devam ediyor! 1979 yılında Stockholm’da düzenlenen Nazım Hikmet’i Anma Gecesi’ndeki Ruhi Su, Zülfü Livaneli, Tuncel Kurtiz’in performansları Muammer Özer tarafından kaydedilmiş ve İlk defa Sinematek.tv tarafından yayınlanıyor.” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/nazim-hikmet-anmasi-stockholm-1979/ (15 November 2019).
“Sinematek TV continues its film archeology! Muammer Özer’s film of a commemoration night for Nazım Hikmet displays Ruhi Su, Zülfü Livnaeli, and Tuncel Kurtiz and Sinematek.tv screens it for the first time.” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/nazim-hikmet-anmasi-stockholm-1979/ (15 November 2019).
https://sendika63.org/2016/03/sinematek-tv-bir-yasinda-332567/
The commemoration night was most probably the last concert of Ruhi Su, with a ban on leaving the country after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état.
The film is a series of concerts, poem performances, and plays of a Turkish folklore group. Some poem performances highlight political messages as well.