I was happy to do audio restauration, foley and sound mixing for Ayse Polat’s great documentary film “The Others”. The film is set in Van, the historical home of the Armenians until 1915–the year of their deportation and murder. Nowadays, all that remains are the ruins of churches and a small number of inhabitants with Armenian roots, though most of them are scared to admit it. 34-year-old Ali speaks openly about his Armenian grandmother Piroze. His uncle talks of ‘the others´ when he refers to his own mother, despite carrying her passport photo wherever he goes.

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