Homage Ruth Beckermann at DOK Leipzig 2018
Hommage Ruth Beckermann auf dem Dok Leipzig 2018
Beckermann’s work is strongly imbedded in the political, historical and personal, but always in view to comment or understand the present. Throughout the years, the Austrian filmmaker’s films have constantly engaged with new forms (such as personal essays, fictional readings, found footage films) to explore Jewish cultural history and identity (Towards Jerusalem, Zorro’s Bar Mitzva ), anti-semitism and the Nazi era (East of War ), but also xenophobia and migration (Those Who Go, Those Who Stay ). Her multilayered investigations of personal and collective memory attempt to reveal the latter’s potential limitations when seeking historical truth, and the ways these might have shaped our understanding of our current situation.
außerdem Special Focus bei Mubi
