Ecumenopolis City Without Limits

Audience Score
75
Ecumenopolis City Without Limits
NR 1 hr 33 minDocumentary
Ecumenopolis City Without Limits tells the story of Istanbul and other MegaCities on a neoliberal course to destruction It follows the story of a migrant family from the demolition of their neighborhood to their ongoing struggle for housing rights The film takes a look at the city on a macro level and through the eyes of experts going from the tops of mushrooming skyscrapers to the depths of the railway tunnel under the Bosphorous strait from the historic neighborhoods in the south to the forests in the north from isolated islands of poverty to the villas of the rich Its an Istanbul going from 15 million to 30 million Its an Istanbul going from 2 million cars to 8 million Its the Istanbul of the future that will soon engulf the entire region Its an Istanbul nobody has ever seen before
DirectorImre Azem

Movie Details

Original Language:Turkish
Production Companies:Filmförderung Hamburg SchleswigHolstein York Street Productions