Hammam Memories

The Hammam of Rhodes, built around the year 1700, was a Turkish bathhouse where Greeks, Turks, Jews and Europeans living in Rhodes would gather to cleanse their bodies. Inside the Hammam, they washed, side by side, naked, leaving their cultural identities behind and temporarily making peace. Outside it, however, their ethnic divisions and religious conflicts prevailed. In Hammam Memories, five inhabitants of the island (Greeks, Turks and Jews) talk about the past, the Greek-Turkish issue and the genocide of the Jewish population of the island, and proudly struggle to reconcile with their regrets. Their interviews are intercut with scenes of a fictional reconstruction inside the Hammam.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Cinematography: Jonathan Whitehall

Sound: Tassia Kobylinska

Production: Goldsmiths College, University of London

Producers: Peggy Vassiliou

Format: BetaCam SP Color

Production Country: Greece-UK

Production Year: 2000

Duration: 20

Contact: Goldsmiths College, University of London T. +44 207 9197601 F. +44 207 9197616 media-comms@gold.ac.uk