Trailer for the documentary Damn the Dams.
The trouble of hydroelectric plant has also stroke Erzurum Bağbaşı, along with many others. The legal and physical struggle of several years has turned against the habitants, due to the pressure of the firm contractor. One of the unbelievable verdicts is for Leyla, a 17-year-old girl: she is prohibited from talking to any villagers. Faced for the first time with the violence of the State, the villagers still continue their daily life even if they are sentenced to the silence and thirstiness.