Elke Sasse

#MyEscape

Elke Sasse

Hamber Alissa

A collage of cell phone video clips made and commented by refugees fleeing their home countries to arrive in Germany.

Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt

Paul Buske, Johannes Radke

Nurcan Özdemir, Christian Bangel

After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners and supporters of leftist ideology broken out in Eastern Germany. Most of those involved was young people. In many cities and towns, the streets and squares belonged to the right-wing scene, organized in neo-Nazi comradeships. Bomber jackets, combat boots and the Hitler salute showed the intimidated rest where they were. The baseball bat was a popular weapon. There were riots, attacks on asylum seekers' homes, mass brawls and hunt downs to those who look or think differently. It doesn't took long and the first deaths were to be mourned. The majority of the Eastern German population looked the other way or even applauded the deeds. A bad omen for the political development of later years. In six film segments, a team of authors take a look at the time reflected in interviews with contemporary witnesses.

Corona Chronicles: 40 Days that Changed the world

Elke Sasse

Corona has turned our lives upside down. Everywhere. In Corona Chronicles, people from all around the world document their everyday life during the pandemic with their mobile phones: An Indian construction worker, a Spanish nurse, a Chinese returnee, a bicycle courier in New York, a girl from Afghanistan in the Moria refugee camp – together, from mid-March to mid-April 2020 they are writing a communal, global video diary.

Max und Moritz - Die unglaubliche Geschichte eines Kinderbuchs

Claus Wischmann, Elke Sasse