Trouble - Teatime in Heiligendamm (Mindpirates 2008)
Posted on November 11 at 12.35, 2008 by Eric Mahleb
Trouble is a documentary about the events surrounding the G8 Summit that took place in Heiligendamm Germany in June 2007. It received the 2008 Cinema for Peace Award for Best Documentary and was entered into competition at the Milano, Zurich and Braunschweig Film Festivals.
I had the chance of being involved in the making of this film through the organization Mindpirates for which i have worked on and off for the past 3 years. I have a screenplay credit, which is quite flattering considering that the film was made by a large group of volunteer activists. Nonetheless, Trouble provides an interesting look at the various sides that come together during such political events: different opinions, motivations and sometimes, very different means of expressing these views.
It should soon be available online, in the copyleft spirit that underlines all of our work at Mindpirates.
‘The 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendamm/Germany - A summer fairytale, a blooming corn poppy, a brilliant blue sky. An unbelievably large and menacing fence cuts through the picturesque landscape. Police caravans, journalists, and activists face off for days in these fields like medieval armies. Elsewhere, artists despair over a public tht confuses pop with protest. Bob Geldof, Bono and Herbert Groenemeyer preachon the “Your Voice Against Poverty” stage, while Rostock locals would obviously rather be eating a bratwurst. Left-wing anarchists try to set everything on fire, though they only manage to get to one car and a few trash bins. Interviews with the likes of Muhammad Yunus (winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize), filmmaker Wim Wenders, Susan George (former vice-president of ATTAC France), U2 frontman Bono, and Campino (singer of Die Toten Hosen) are mixed in with questions and commentary from police, activists, and locals. A regional documentary pop film that critically and playfully explores the egoism of a confused protest generation.’
http://www.cinemaforpeace.com/
http://www.milanofilmfestival.it/2008/catalogo/colpe/trouble.php
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