Film Screening: Clair Obscur

Film Screening & Discussion

Clair Obscur ("Tereddüt") (Dir. Yeşim Ustaoğlu, 2016)

Clair Obscur is the psychological dance of two women who are deprived of and distanced from their natural right to mature and discover themselves, to love and be loved, and to sustain a real relationship of their choosing. The social cost of these psychological wounds reverberates from micro to macro levels throughout society, rotting it from within.

Watch the film trailer at this link. The film is in Turkish with English subtitles. The screening is free & open to the public.

Discussant: Zeynep Korkman (UCLA, Gender Studies)

This film is screened as part of the Understanding Turkey Through Film Series and the Abbasi Program's 2017 Annual Conference titled "Understanding Turkey: Vision, Revision, and the Future".