An underdog basketball team under the helm of an idealist school teacher from hard scrabble Diyarbakir in Southeastern Turkey goes beyond winning games in their mission to rise above prejudice, poverty and political turmoil created by the decades long conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebels who are fighting for local autonomy and cultural rights.
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Berke Baş Director · Melis Birder Director
First release February 19, 2016 · Produced in Türkiye · Original title Bağlar
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Sundance Institute
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Türkiye
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Original title
Bağlar
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Turkish
Release dates
Türkiye · February 19, 2016
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No release date listed for United States.
Austria
March 25, 2017 · LET'S CEE Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 16, 2016 · Sarajevo Film Festival
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