Film - Lola + Bilidikid
When:
Thursday, February 25, 2016
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CT
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: FREE
Contact:
Block Cinema Office
(847) 491-4000
Group: Block Cinema
Co-Sponsor:
Keyman Modern Turkish Studies (Northwestern Buffett)
SOC - Department of Radio/TV/Film
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
(Kutluğ Ataman, 1998, Germany, 35mm, 97 min.)
Providing a glimpse into the rarely seen world of Turkish drag queens and their macho lovers in Berlin in the late 1990s, Kutluğ Ataman’s award-winning Lola + Bilidikid is a groundbreaking classic of new queer cinema. The film follows seventeen year-old Murat as he struggles with the complex, and often contradictory, ramifications of coming to terms with his homosexuality. Seeking solace in his friendship with Lola, a transvestite who works at a nightclub, Murat embarks on a journey of self-discovery that exposes the social, sexual, and cultural marginalization of young queer Turkish immigrants living in Germany.
In Person: Kutluğ Ataman