2020 | Turkey, United States | Documentary,Experimental,Feature,Archival

Mimaroğlu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island

  • English, Turkish English 76 mins
  • Director | Serdar Kökçeoğlu
  • Writer | Serdar Kökçeoğlu
  • Producer | Dilek Aydın, S. Buse Yıldırım, Esin Uslu
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İlhan Mimaroğlu is the Turkish legendary pioneer of electronic music. With his wife Güngör he migrated to the USA in 1959. While he explored unheard soundscapes, she engaged in the Civil Rights Movement. Serdar Kökçeoğlu uses for this insightful portrait only footage shot by Mimaroğlu and his wife Güngör, thus conjuring an adventurous and fascinating story that needs to be discovered.

electronic music archive 8mm biography city soundscape civil rights