Past meeting
"Times and Winds" (Bes Vakit) @ Visualizing the Sacred: Islam in Film
(1 rating)
Meeting Description
Who
- People who are interested in seeing how Islam/Muslims are being depicted on film, and enjoy engaging conversation on the subject. = )
Why
- This film sounds AWESOME!!!! Read the description below. We will gather for dinner before the show at 5pm to get some socializing in, and if people want to stick around afterwards and discuss the film, well...I'm always game!
Organized by
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"I have curly, reddish hair. I will try to stand out!"
--debra
Details
TIMES AND WINDS
(BES VAKIT)
(2006, Turkey) Directed by Reha Erdem
In a rural village on Turkey's rocky coast, the growing pains of a Muslim community's adolescents play out in time to the rhythms of nature and Islamic tradition. The muezzin's call to prayer serenely inaugurates each of the film's five sections while Florent Herry's cinematography powerfully conveys the pastoral beauty against which the touching, yet melancholic, ensemble piece unfolds.
Producer: Ömer Atay. Cinematographer: Florent Herry. Cast: Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Kayali. Presented in Turkish dialogue with English subtitles. 35mm, 111 min.
This is part of the Visualizing the Sacred: Islam on Film film series at UCLA. For more information about the series, go to:
Let's eat in Westwood before the show! I'll announce the location later!
debra
+2 guests
"It was a heavy and beautiful film...quite dark, but meaningful. The soundtrack was Arvo Part, one of my favorite composers, from Estonia. If you haven't heard his Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, and seen "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven" choreographed by Ulysses Dove and performed by the Royal Swedish Ballet, you should definitely check it out! It should be in theaters soon, so look for it!"