My second home

Australia, 2007

Film
A still image from My second home

Memet Gunes was one of the lucky few people in his village in Turkey to receive an education. When he migrated to Australia with his family he found a place full of possibility and opportunity.

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Credits

creator

Memet Gunes

producer

ACMI Digital Storytelling

production company

ACMI

Duration

00:05:34:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2007

Appears in

Group of items

Stories from the Turkish community : Digital Storytelling project

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2000930

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Civilization

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Family - Turkey

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Turks - Australia

Biographical

Digital Storytelling

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration - Psychological aspects

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Turks - Australia

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children of immigrants

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family - Australia

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family - Turkey

Places → Turkey

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White and Colour

Holdings

DVCAM; Master

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

Collected

2 times

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