Title

Istanbul, Street Cats & Caring for the "Other": A Conversation with Kedi Director Ceyda Torun

Authors

The Davies Forum, University of San Francisco

Document Type

Other

Publication Date

Spring 3-22-2021

Abstract

In the context of the Spring 2021 Davies Forum, Making Sense of a Post-Western World: Interdisciplinary Tools, Global Perspectives, Ceyda Torun, director of Kedi, discusses the documentary about the street cats of Istanbul and people who care for them. The film offers a cat-centric perspective onto a mesmerizing city whose inhabitants, human and feline alike, find ways to live with the “Other” despite abundant challenges. In conversation with USF Professor Susana Kaiser, Torun shares the film’s cultural inspiration & aesthetics, and the creative process as an award-winning, first-time filmmaker.

Faculty: Nora Fisher Onar, International Studies, Susana Kaiser, Media Studies.

Comments

Audio transcript and event poster included.

Rights: This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

The Davies Forum, University of San Francisco, "Istanbul, Street Cats & Caring for the "Other": A Conversation with Kedi Director Ceyda Torun" (2021). The Davies Forum. 6.
https://repository.usfca.edu/daviesforum/6