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'Murat (Ilhan Kuyululu) and Ayhan (Sait Memis Oglu) are Turkish migrants living in Sydney. Murat, a crane operator, is haunted by memories of a girl (Emel Ozden) he left behind in Istanbul. Ayhan has made an easier transition to life in the new country. Younger than Murat and a dedicated ladies' man, Ayhan falls in love with Sarah (Katie Shiel). In letters from home, Ayhan's father disapproves strongly of his relationship with an 'infidel'. Ayhan is determined to take Sarah home to Turkey as his bride, but she refuses to convert to Islam and leaves Ayhan. But Sarah is pregnant, and Ayhan is determined to win her back.' (Source: Australian Screen website)
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The Forgotten Pioneer of Australian Cinema
2021
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 January 2021; (p. 5) -
The Petrov Affair : An Ambivalent Migrant Narrative
2011
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— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 24 August vol. 5 no. 2 2011; (p. 121-130) 'Well after the end of the Culture Wars, the televisual representations of The Petrov Affair continue to flourish. `The Petrov Affair' profoundly changed the Australian ideals of modernity and conception of Communism, political espionage and migration in the 1950s. The 1987 miniseries The Petrov Affair (Michael Carson) was released at the height of the 1980s promotion of multiculturalism and the historical miniseries boom. It is not a spy thriller, nor a courtroom drama about the Royal Commission. The Petrov Affair is a delicate character study of the difficulties of deciding to immigrate and the ambivalence that lies at the nexus between modernity and migration. This article seeks to rehabilitate this forgotten docudrama and examine the relationship between modernity, mobility and migration in the cultural production that explored emerging multicultural policies. (Editor's abstract)
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The Petrov Affair : An Ambivalent Migrant Narrative
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , 24 August vol. 5 no. 2 2011; (p. 121-130) 'Well after the end of the Culture Wars, the televisual representations of The Petrov Affair continue to flourish. `The Petrov Affair' profoundly changed the Australian ideals of modernity and conception of Communism, political espionage and migration in the 1950s. The 1987 miniseries The Petrov Affair (Michael Carson) was released at the height of the 1980s promotion of multiculturalism and the historical miniseries boom. It is not a spy thriller, nor a courtroom drama about the Royal Commission. The Petrov Affair is a delicate character study of the difficulties of deciding to immigrate and the ambivalence that lies at the nexus between modernity and migration. This article seeks to rehabilitate this forgotten docudrama and examine the relationship between modernity, mobility and migration in the cultural production that explored emerging multicultural policies. (Editor's abstract) -
The Forgotten Pioneer of Australian Cinema
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 January 2021; (p. 5)
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