Movie Details
Original Language:English
I Soldier on the Web:Official Website
I Soldier
Audience Score
DirectorKöken Ergun
7 min
Plot
I Soldier is the first part of Köken Erguns video series in which he deals with the statecontrolled ceremonies for the national days of the Turkish Republic The nationalistic attributes attached to these largescale ceremonies are underlined in a nondescriptive and almost voyeuristic point of view I Soldier was shot at the National Day for Youth and Sports the day that marks the start of the independence war of the Turkish public under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk against the Allied Forces back in 1919 The annual ceremony held at the biggest stadium of each city consists of figurative dances of high school students choreographed in a timeless socialistrealist manner In the last decade popular songs have replaced the usual military marches which accompanied the choreography
