The View from Our House
Director Anthea Kennedy
Countries United Kingdom
Duration 76 min
Synopsis
A woman, unseen in the film, experiences the ordinary oppression of the early years of Nazism. She repeatedly describes the sound of screaming she hears on passing a barracks in her street. The film's structure of repetition and retelling foregrounds her increasing marginalisation. The film is based on the letters and diaries of a young photographer. Aspects of her life in Berlin-Tempelhof are mapped out through a series of haunted images and sounds, imbuing place with a sense of memory and history.
A woman, unseen in the film, experiences the ordinary oppression of the early years of Nazism. She repeatedly describes the sound of screaming she hears on passing a barracks in her street. The film's structure of repetition and retelling foregrounds her increasing marginalisation. The film is based on the letters and diaries of a young photographer. Aspects of her life in Berlin-Tempelhof are mapped out through a series of haunted images and sounds, imbuing place with a sense of memory and history.