FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, RADIO FEATURES AND PODCASTS – Patriarchal Violence

Films:

Nur eine Frau, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzWzsYzcR1k

The film tells the story of Hatun “Aynur” Sürücü, who was the victim of an honor killing by one of her brothers in 2005. The young Kurdish woman ended her arranged marriage with her violent husband and returned to Germany with her son, where she began vocational training and found a new partner. She aims to lead an independent and self-determined life. However, this leads to strong resistance within her family. By leaving her husband, she is seen as having brought shame upon herself and her family. In particular, her brothers cannot accept her “Western” lifestyle. She is repeatedly threatened and insulted by them. Eventually, they obtain a pistol, and the youngest brother shoots Aynur at a bus stop near her home.

Documentaries::

2022, Deutsche Welle – Violence instead of love: Forced marriage during a “wedding trip”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk6uuDJ9Qgc&t=60s

Radio features::

Podcasts:

2021, Mordlust – #74 In the name of honor

https://mordlust-podcast.podigee.io/77-74-im-namen-der-ehre

Provides in-depth information on the topic of so-called honor-based violence.

2021, Funk (ARD & ZDF) – Honor killings and slutshaming

https://www.funk.net/podcast/kanackische-welle-12221/ehrenmorde-slutshaming-440415

2020, Zeit Online – The case of Hatun S. – A so-called honor killing

https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2020-03/familienmord-trennung-verbrechen-kriminalpodcast

Podcast about the same case as the film “Nur eine Frau”.