ROMANISTANBUL
Realizador Özgür Akgül
Países Turkey
Duração 54 min
Sinopse
Romanistanbul is a music documentary about Roma musicians in the music market of Istanbul: their professional organization, musical progress and identity transformations. The background of the story will be the struggle of the Roma against discrimination via music and musicians will be the spectacular figures of this struggle to achieve public esteem/reputation for the Roma society. With the spreading and expanding of the recording industry after 1960, Roma musicians gained an important position in the music market. Parallel to this process, Roma musicians began to organize in the popular music market.
Romanistanbul is a music documentary about Roma musicians in the music market of Istanbul: their professional organization, musical progress and identity transformations. The background of the story will be the struggle of the Roma against discrimination via music and musicians will be the spectacular figures of this struggle to achieve public esteem/reputation for the Roma society. With the spreading and expanding of the recording industry after 1960, Roma musicians gained an important position in the music market. Parallel to this process, Roma musicians began to organize in the popular music market.