A Review of the Film “Yuli” In Terms of Trauma, Growth and Creativity

Abstract

Cinema films are characterized as a powerful tool that provides information transfer within a culture and between cultures, informs people about social roles and directs them in the light of this information. Biography, which is one of the types of cinema, tells the life stories that have been lived in its closest form to the truth and helps to convey the life processes of the people who are told; the events and emotions in these processes. In this context, this article examines the film “Yuli”, in which such a life story is discussed. Yuli film that tells the real life story of the famous dancer Carlos Acosta, offers the audience an emotionally and artistically satisfying piece. In this review, the film “Yuli” is considered in accordance with the information of the literature in terms of the traumas suffered in some life processes, the posttraumatic growth that develops due to these traumas, and creativity that is possible to occur as a result of posttraumatic growth.

Keywords

• trauma
• creativity
• posttraumatic growth