Ovacik
Screening w/ Filmmaker Q&A
Ovacik
Aysegul Selenga Taskent (Dir.), 91 minutes, NY Premiere, Turkey
Told through the daily lives of residents in Ovacik and their Mayor Fatih Mehmet Maçoğlu’s efforts to create a sustainable economy via community-based agriculture, Aysegul Selenga Taskent offers an honest and heartfelt exploration of the political and social differences within Ovacik and Turkey at large.

Still from
Ovacik
Directed by:
Aysegul Selenga Taskent
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