From Gazi to Gezi – A Stone’s Throw Away

May 30th, 2015

David Schulberg

On the eve of the second Anniversary of the Gezi uprising in Turkey we present this award-winning film by Ross Domoney. It captures the poetry behind a rebellion; the art of resistance and the power of the spoken word.

Turkey – Gazi to Gezi – a stone’s throw away explores the poetry of a nationwide revolt in Istanbul, Europe’s largest city. An explosive mix of the city’s inhabitants come together to fight the police and barricade themselves into one of the metropolis’ few remaining green spaces, Gezi Park. All are present; from the liberal students, to oppressed, illegal revolutionary groups living among the slums of the city. The film, told through the memory of a stone, attempts to link the past with the present in a cinematic format which is neither factual nor fictitious. Scored to a beautiful soundtrack, the audience is taken into a rebellious world.

Gazi to Gezi – a stones throw away from Ross Domoney on Vimeo.

Produced by Ross Domoney and Ozan Kamiloglu
Script written by Ozan Kamiloglu with the inspiration of Arkadas Özger
Filmed, edited and directed by Ross Domoney
Performancy by Sarah Karakus
Music by Giorgos Triantafillou
Live music performance by Iskender Ozan Toprak

The day it all began. Police turn a protest to save the trees in a public park into a violent pepper spray attack on citizens.