Media and Migration on Screen

April 16–18, 2025

Presented in conjunction with the symposium Media and Migration in a Digital Age, and the Mosse Lecture series, these films represent innovative cinematic approaches to depicting the histories, causes, and effects of global migration while serving as creative counterpoints to negative mass media depictions of migrant communities.

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  • Pinar Öğrenci: The Avalanche, 2022

  • Crystal Z Campbell: Makahiya, 2024

  • Joyce Joumaa: Merging, Dissecting, Collecting, 2021

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  • Media and Migration

    Wednesday, April 16 3:10 PM
    Allyson Unzicker and Crystal Z Campbell in Conversation

    Curated in tandem with the Media and Migration in a Digital Age symposium, this program focuses on moving image practices that explore the conflicts of war, climate change, and the colonial legacies that continue to force the migration of people and ideas.

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  • The Avalanche

    Pinar Öğrenci
    Germany, Turkey, 2022

    Free for UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty

    Mosse Lecture by Pinar Öğrenci on tracing histories of displacement in constellation

    In cooperation with the symposium Media and Migration in a Digital Age

    Wednesday, April 16 7:00 PM
    Pinar Öğrenci, Deniz Göktürk, and Minoo Moallem in Conversation

    Pinar Öğrenci explores the complex and brutal history and foreboding geography of her father’s home, Müküs, within the mountainous region in southern Van, on Turkey’s border with Iran.

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  • Two Films by Pinar Öğrenci

    Free for UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty

    Friday, April 18 2:30 PM
    Pinar Öğrenci, Deniz Göktürk, and Christine Philliou in Conversation

    Pinar Öğrenci presents two documentaries exploring the effects of nationalism, war, and migration, one through the history of lokum (Turkish delight) and the other chronicling the living conditions of Turkish guest workers in Kreuzberg, Berlin.

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