Outdoor screening of 'Dry Summer' (1963)
Bethnal Green Nature Reserve, London, E2 9RR
Saturday 13th June 2026
Complimenting Bethnal Green Nature Reserve's interdisciplinary Experimental School of Urban Ecologies, Wild Horses of Fire! film club presents a season of outdoor screenings of films on climate-crisis themes.
First up: Metin Erksan’s Dry Summer (Susuz Yaz, 1963) - a tense Turkish melodrama of sibling rivalry, forbidden desire, and water hoarding. A tobacco farmer builds a dam which prevents his neighbours from irrigating their crops, while lusting after his brother’s wife, with tragic consequences.
Restored in 2008 by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project. View the trailer here.
The screening will be followed by a discussion on the themes it raises.
1 hour 30. Turkish language with English subtitles.
Content warning: sexual obsession and animal cruelty.
First up: Metin Erksan’s Dry Summer (Susuz Yaz, 1963) - a tense Turkish melodrama of sibling rivalry, forbidden desire, and water hoarding. A tobacco farmer builds a dam which prevents his neighbours from irrigating their crops, while lusting after his brother’s wife, with tragic consequences.
Restored in 2008 by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project. View the trailer here.
The screening will be followed by a discussion on the themes it raises.
1 hour 30. Turkish language with English subtitles.
Content warning: sexual obsession and animal cruelty.
