Conflicts Between Cultures Win Awards at Sundance

Maybe it’s new to American audiences, but Turkish film-makers have beaten this topic to death in the Old World. There is even a name for the genre (immigrant cinema), so our film won’t be the first out of the gate, but it won’t finish last, either. OTWOTW deviates from the genre convention because our characters are not struggling in the same sense as immigrant Turks in Europe. Plus America is not as homogeneous as Europe. What was that about melting pots and tossed salads?