Çapulcu: Voices from Gezi (2013)

The film is a snapshot of what we have seen and what we have been told. Rumors: students, lawyers, architects, journalists, activists, young and old, rich and poor; angry and joyful; brave and frightened. Images: the peaceful occupation of Gezi Park, the joy in opposing an absurd choice, and the violence of repression, the dismay in being "raped" the invention of silent protest, the multitude of Taksim Square. The reasons: the gentrification of Istanbul, Islamization which prohibits the consumption of alcohol in the evening, the limitation of individual freedom, a power more and more deaf, the allegation that he tried to hide the protest. The plurality of the protesters, different from each other, united in an unexpected alliance against abuses of power.