Von wegen Schicksal!

In the organizer's words:

Irene Rakowitz, 48, divorced, lives with two of her four children in the Märkisches Viertel district of West Berlin. For a long time, her life was characterized by the lack of freedom that many housewives in West Germany experienced. Under the influence of student activities in her neighborhood, she emancipates herself from her husband and begins to put her own needs first. This earned her criticism - from her older daughters, society and the left-wing women's groups in which she was politically active. She radically exposes the reasons for the disintegration of her family and allows the private sphere to become political.
Reidemeister and Rakowitz, who know each other from their political work in the Märkisches Viertel, developed the shooting schedule for the documentary together. After its premiere at the Duisburg Film Week in 1979, the film sparked a debate about the role of documentary filmmakers, as Reidemeister broke with the previously valid claim to objectivity and consciously showed her subjective view. (Reidemeister, FRG 1979 - FSK 16)

More information: https://www.dokumentarfilm.info/29597-meilensteine-helga-reidemeisters-von-wegen-schicksal-1979

We are showing the film as part of our curated series Im Kreise der Familie. The year is fast approaching the so-called celebration of the family. But what is family? Our films in December revolve around constellations beyond mother, father and child. Whether in found or self-chosen families, in the rejection or absence of biological ones - it becomes clear from various perspectives that the concept of family can and should be thought of more broadly than a lifelong connection dictated by blood relations. After all, the birthday boy on December 24th already had several fathers.

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Price information:

4 Euro = no coal ticket 7 Euro = normal price, financing for "no coal" ticket