In the early 1960s, the Federal Republic of Germany recruited so-called gastarbeiters—guest workers—from Anatolia and other parts of Turkey. Accompanying them from the very beginning—a piece of home in a foreign country—was music. Over the years, independent musical genres arose in Germany that had not existed in this form in the mother country ...
Love, Deutschmarks and Death Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm
A picturesque documentary essay on the little-known musical culture specific to Turkish gastarbeiters in Germany—from the nostalgic songs of the early years to the hip-hop of the second and third generations. Audience Award for Best Documentary in Berlinale's Panorama section.
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