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Shadows of Turkey/The Witches
- 1986 ----- color ----- 48 min ----- vhs
- "Shadows of Turkey" (18 min) introduces Ottoman and present day Turkey through the medium of Turkish shadow puppet theater. "The Witches" (30 min), a translation/adaptation of a traditional play into English. The play, like others in the genre, is divided into four parts: an introduction, a dialogue between the protagonists Karagoz and Hacivat, the play itself, and a brief conclusion. The story shows how the bad behavior of the main characters results in them being turned into animals by two neighborhood witches.
- Topics: (Drama, Literature, Literature: Children's)
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