Films by Marita Stocker

Germany 2022, 79 min
by Marita Stocker

The world out there on stages is a man’s world. Or is that just what they want us to believe? What if the true King of Rock and Roll is a Queen?Listen closely and you hear Memphis Minnie’s guitar in Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton, Sister Rosetta’s unbridled spirit in Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Mama Thornton’s growl in Elvis. Still the fact that women rocked the stages from the1950s on has been successfully pushed out of the collective memory. Time to pull out the roots and tell the other side of the sto

2019, 80 min
by Marita Stocker

Georgia: A multi-ethnic state in the Caucasus, hovering between the past and the future. Up upon a hill, the Paliashvili Music School for gifted children looks out over Tbilisi. The plaster is crumbling, hardly any instrument can be tuned, and many teachers are far beyond retirement age. While they still seek that spark of inspiration, the headmaster fights for a new building and the students pursue their calling in life. WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS LOVE is a film about a place lost in time and thr

Germany 2018, 90 min
by Marita Stocker

Chinese nurse Qing never left her homeland so far. When arriving as a trainee in geriatric care in the Black Forest two worlds clash. While she is wondering at strange German habits, her employer expects her to bite through any homesickness. But to some elderly Qing is a bright spot in daily routine. Mainly to Mrs Wohlfahrt who is attributing her intelligence to the consumption of fish eyes and to 100-year-old Mr Reiner who becomes a mentor to her. Starting in China FAREWELL YELLOW SEA follows Q