In a remote corner of southern Turkey, deep in the Muslim world near the borders of Syria, Iraq and Iran, there is a tiny Christian church whose traditions stretch back almost to the days of the apostles. The Suryani, or ancient Syrians, have one of the oldest and richest liturgies in Christendom, and they still speak a language close to the Aramaic that Jesus spoke.
Ethem Cetintas is a Turkish Muslim film cameraman who became fascinated by the Suryani. This film is his own portrait of the forgotten Christians: a once-thriving church which now seems to be at a crisis point under the pressures of social change. Commentary spoken by PAUL VAUGHAN
Producer ETHEM CETINTAS