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Victims of Immigration and Poverty: Children in Capharnaum (Kefernahum) Film   
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Rahime Özgün KEHYA Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Rahime Özgün KEHYA
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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The concepts of immigration, poverty, family and childhood in Nadine Labaki's 2016 film Capharnaüm (Kefernahum) are analyzed in this study. Kefernahum, a French Word, means chaos and disorder. The film has a chaotic atmosphere with features compatible with its title. 12-year-old Zain is the lead actor, who is a Syrian refugee and works on the streets, steal, doesn't have an identity card and struggles to prevent his sister from marrying at a child's age in return for the bride price. Together with him an Ethiopian refugee, an early age mother named Rahil and a 1.5-year-old Yonas child represent the displaced persons who migrate and work illegally on the poor neighborhoods of the Beirut city. Problem of poverty as a result of immigration is a general problem of the country, which is tried to be revealed in the film. The thesis that children are the people affected too much by forced migration is shown in Kefernahum. No paying attention to the methods of birth control, giving birth to children who are forced to beg, commit or work on the streets is another issue in the film. Early motherhood and fatherhood are also associated with forced migration. The film shows that the people have to live in the poorest neighborhoods of the countries to where they had to flee from war or violence, and could not even go to school because they have no identity, are not treated in hospitals, after all they could neither belong to their homeland nor the country where they flee. Moreover, Lebanon, which they see as a transitional country, is a point of escape from the poor living conditions to Western European countries. The film bears traces of the Italian Neorealism …
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Bildiri Türü Tebliğ/Bildiri
Bildiri Alt Türü Özet Metin Olarak Yayınlanan Tebliğ (Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum)
Bildiri Niteliği Alanında Hakemli Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum
Bildiri Dili İngilizce
Kongre Adı Küresel Dönüşümler ve Farklılaşmalar Kongresi ; Uluslararası Göç, Kentleşme ve Aidiyet
Kongre Tarihi 25-04-2019 / 27-04-2019
Basıldığı Ülke Türkiye
Basıldığı Şehir Antalya
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