Join My Dog Is My Home for a virtual screening of the award winning documentary STRAY. The screening is available starting March 6, 2021 and ends on April 11, 2021.
50% of proceeds benefit My Dog Is My Home.
About STRAY
A film by Elizabeth Lo
72 minutes, 1.85, USA
Official Selection
2020 Tribeca Film Festival | 2020 Hamptons Film Festival | 2020 DOC NYC | 2020 SFFILM Doc Stories
Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, STRAY explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life — and their own canine culture. Zeytin, fiercely independent, embarks on solitary adventures through the city at night; Nazar, nurturing and protective, easily befriends the humans around her; while Kartal, a shy puppy living on the outskirts of a construction site, finds refuge with the security guards who care for her. The disparate lives of Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal intersect when they each form intimate bonds with a group of young Syrians who share the streets with them. Whether they lead us into bustling streets or decrepit ruins, the gaze of these strays act as windows into the overlooked corners of society: women in loveless marriages, protesters without arms, refugees without sanctuary. The film is a critical observation of human civilization through the unfamiliar gaze of dogs and a sensory voyage into new ways of seeing.