In partnership with the global film & cultures minor, the Global Neighborhood hosted Duke University Professor Mert Reisoglu for a Turner Theatre screening and discussion of the award-winning 2017 film "In the Fade."
The Global Neighborhood Film Series continued its 2024-25 season with a Jan. 18 screening of 鈥淚n the Fade (Aus dem Nichts)鈥 by acclaimed Turkish-German director Fatih Akin.
The screening was introduced by Duke University German Studies Professor Mert Reisoglu, whose research centers on Turkish-German Studies, media theory and history and intellectual history. In his opening remarks, Reisoglu noted the film鈥檚 historical parallels with the political climate in Germany in the 2010s.
The event was co-moderated by Assistant Professor of English Dan Burns, who assigned the film as part of his Winter Term film studies class, 鈥淭he Social Thriller.鈥 Eager to explore an international variant of the course鈥檚 largely U.S.-themed focus on sociopolitical allegory in suspense and horror narratives, students noted that Reisoglu鈥檚 commentary offered an international perspective on the issues explored in American films such as Jordan Peele鈥檚 鈥楪et Out鈥 and Nikyatu Jusu鈥檚 鈥楴anny.鈥 Other students appreciated the new exposure to director Fatih Akin鈥檚 work, which revolutionized the treatment of migrants in Germany by emphasizing 鈥渢he pleasures of hybridity鈥 associated with navigating two countries in films like 鈥淗ead-On鈥 and 鈥淭he聽Edge of Heaven.”
Global Neighborhood鈥檚 Spring 2025 series continues Feb.18 in Global Commons 103 with filmmaker Frederick Murphy鈥檚 鈥淚ndelible Appalachia.鈥 Other series titles centering on the neighborhood theme of 鈥淪ustainable Futures鈥 this year will include Ryusuke Hamaguchi鈥檚 鈥淓vil Does Not Exist鈥 on March 11, Micha Peled鈥檚 鈥淏itter Seeds鈥 on March 25 and Zheng Xu鈥檚 鈥淯pstream鈥 on April 15.