We call her Hanka
Theatrical Release: April 18, 2023
Synopsis
What makes us who we are? In search of her own roots, the director explores an indigenous people in Germany: the Sorbs, the smallest Slavic people. Their language and culture are severely threatened by centuries of oppression. But a new generation no longer wants to accept this: They are committed to self-determination, come to terms with the trauma of losing their villages because of lignite mining or redefine being Sorbian as alternative, anti-fascist and feminist. And the German Anna becomes a Sorbian Hanka. Metaphorical images of nature, poetic reflections of a first-person narrator and archaic but experimental Sorbian music in the first ever film about Sorbs.Festivals/Awards
202366 DOK Leipzig
Cottbus Festival of Eastern European Cinema
2024
5 LETsDOK
Cast and Crew
- Director Grit Lemke (Grit Lemkowa aka GRITKA)
- Producer Annekatrin Hendel
Original Languages
German
Production Company
IT WORKS! medien GmbHGneiststrasse 19, 10437 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 44676701
buero@itworksmedien.dehttp://itworksmedien.com
Links / Reference
Neue Visionen
www.neuevisionen.de
www.gritlemke.de
itworksmedien.com/films/bei-un...
www.mm-filmpresse.de/film.php?...