Life After Life: Greeks of Istanbul | Documentary

Life After Life is the story of the historic Rum (Greek) population of Istanbul, told through personal stories and community life. The latent force of historic state persecution - ruinous taxes and forced labour for religious minorities, the 1955 Pogrom, and the 1964 expulsions of Greeks - shape the worlds of memory in which community members live. The film is about what it means to live with the past in the present, and how people make their peace and new hope from a community memory of loss, displacement and difficulty.
Film by Gönül Bozoğlu & Cem Hakverdi
This film was funded through the Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship held by Gönül Bozoğlu at Newcastle University from 2018 to 2021 on the memory cultures of the Greeks of Istanbul. The research received a Pioneer Award from Newcastle University’s Institute for Creative Practice, providing additional funding for the film.