German musician Alexander Hacke explores Istanbul's rich music culture and attempts to create a portrait of Turkey through music genres. On this journey, he encounters a mosaic that covers countless genres from rock to arabesque, electronic to hip-hop.
Sound
Every street corner becomes a recording studio.
Direction
Akin lets musicians speak through performance, not interview.
Editing
Seamless bridges between genres you'd never expect.
Director
Fatih Akin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fatih Akin made this between his 'Love Trilogy' films, treating Turkish-German identity as fluid rather than fractured.
Alexander Hacke's band Einstürzende Neubauten literally invented industrial music with power tools; here he's reduced to wide-eyed student.
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