Progress in the Valley of the People Who Don't Know

by Florian Kunert
  • Progress in the Valley of the People Who Don't Know
    2019 StoryBay Cinema
  • Progress in the Valley of the People Who Don't Know
    2019 StoryBay Cinema
  • Progress in the Valley of the People Who Don't Know
    2019 StoryBay Cinema

    Synopsis

    In the shadow of the racist riots in Dresden, Syrian refugees receive an integration course into the GDR from former workers of the combine FORTSCHITT.
    Former factory workers of FORTSCHRITT help Syrian refugees with their German Integration Course. What starts with a German language lesson in the FORTSCHRITT ruin ends with classes of political education and a GDR military camp. Driven by the personal entanglement of the director the re-enactments are deconstructed and the social conditioning of the GDR everyday life becomes apparent.

    Festivals

    2019a.o.
    69 Berlinale – 49 FORUM
    43 Duisburger Filmwoche

    2020
    35 DOK.fest Munich

    2022
    LETsDOK

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