Here to Stay: an evening of music, film and conversation with Entropies

In collaboration with Global Cultures at Jesus College, the IF presents an evening of film and music from documentary maker Sheida Kiran and Entropies. Director Sheida Kiran will join Director of Global Cultures at Jesus, for a discussion of excerpts from BFI Made of Truth Film Here to Stay and from her BBC Our World documentary Harvesting Turkey's Tea, accompanied by a live musical performance from Entropies. Here to Stay tells the story of a mother in southeast Turkey fighting to preserve her indigenous heritage after the government seizes her ancestral olive lands. Harvesting Turkey's Tea is a film about women who pick tea on the steep slopes of Turkey's Black Sea region. Their work is physically demanding, and traditionally, much of their earnings has gone to their husbands. The film follows younger women who hope change is on the horizon, alongside older generations who fear losing the way of life they have always known. Both films have been scored by Entropies, a neoclassical music project that combines live sound and moving image to explore powerful human stories.