Films by Rea Karen

Germany 2024, 85 min
by Rea Karen, re karen

Fasia Jansen (*1929; † 1997) – a powerful blues singer; daughter of an African king and a German working-class mother – grows up among antifascist dockers in Hamburg. She barely survives the Nazi regime's medical experiments and forced labour in a concentration camp. Yet, after the war, she begins to sing for peace and women's rights. Together with her spouse, Ellen Diederich, she becomes a driving force in the European women's peace movement of the 1980s. Today, she is an identification figure

Austria, Germany 2018, 71 min
by Gernot Steinweg

Scene 5 – By the Raging River (English film text / Translation: Leigh Hoch, Hamburg)COOLIE: We took the right route, sir. What we see over there is the river Myr. Though usually not hard to cross at this time of year, when the water stands high the current is quite strong and perilous. The river is high.MERCHANT: We must get across.COOLIE: Waiting up to 8 days is common before it can be crossed safely. It’s very dangerous now.MERCHANT: We’ll see. We can’t wait a single day.COOLIE: T