‘Yellow Letters’ Review: İlker Çatak’s Turkey-Set Political Drama Has Much To Say About The Current State Of The Right-Leaning West — Berlin Film Festival

Set in Turkey and filmed on location in Germany with no attempt to hide the artifice, the trenchantly honest and terrifically acted new film from The Teachers’ Lounge director Ilker Çatak might be the most important film yet made about Donald Trump’s America. Though it obviously has more specific ties to Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep […] 'Yellow Letters' © Ella Knorz/ifProductions/Alamode Film Set in Turkey and filmed on location in Germany with no attempt to hide the artifice, the trenchantly honest and terrifically acted new film from The Teachers’ Lounge director Ilker Çatak might be the most important film yet made about Donald Trump’s America. Though it obviously has more specific ties to Turkey’s authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Yellow Letters has plenty to share with western audiences about the role of art in political protest and the myriad forms that cancel culture can take. Most of all, it is about the way dictatorships actually work, by hitting working people where it hurts – in the pocket. Related Stories Documentary 'Tutu' Director Sam Pollard On Archbishop Who Helped End Apartheid, And What Tutu Would Think Of Trump's Claims Of White South African "Genocide" - Berlin