During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, many cases of crimes against Bosniaks in Sandžak were recorded, including police torture of over 15, 000 people. In 1993 and 1994, Serbia and Montenegro simultaneously ran a staged judicial/political process against the members of PDA (SDA) Sadžak. The accused (25 in Serbia and 21 in Montenegro) were forced to admit preparing…
The film tells the story of a Jewish child, who, after being separated from his persecuted parents, wanders Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe during World War II, meeting senseless violence and inhumane torture along the way, and becoming personally a victim of brutal abuse. In a defining moment, a peasant shows the boy the flight of a captive bird, painted and released back into its flock.
Ema is a woman of wild energy. The introductory frame of the film is just a warning of what follows: something anarchic, a bit vandalistic, full of energy, but ultimately exhausting and chronically unreal. The visuals are paralyzing, and the dance scenes are captivating. In the port city of Valparaiso, Ema and her husband, a choreographer, adopted a boy named Paul…
