Deutschland und das Ich

The individual “talking heads” are not prominent figures, but they do express their concerns and bring in their expertise and experience. In DEUTSCHLAND UND DAS ICH, we meet the Nietzsche expert Britta Glatzeder; in BABENHAUSEN, an activist from the anti-racist group Café Morgenland; in THE EMPTY CENTER it is two students of Chinese origin, Dong Yang and Huan Zhu, and a group of off-screen punks. These people join forces with the filmmaker in pondering and researching her themes and contribute a highly nuanced spectrum of ideas on identity, racism, architecture, and displacement.

Mark Terkessidis, Arsenal Filminstitut / Spector Books, 2020 · read the full text