Wednesday, September 8 | 8:15 pm | Goplana screening room
Screening of Songs of Repression and online meeting with the directors: Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga
In Polish and English
A seemingly idyllic German colony sits at the foot of the Chilean Andes. Visiting tourists admire the nature and traditional German cuisine, but the place has a dark past. German preacher Paul Schäfer and his congregation moved to Chile in 1961 to help the poor, building a compound that they named Colonia Dignidad; the community quickly turned into a cult. The colony’s residents speak of 45 years of life in miserable conditions and often even slavery. How do they see these events today?
Moderator: Małgorzata Muraszko – journalist and editor at Gazeta Wyborcza. Culture is her specialty, with music, literature, film and visual arts being particular favorites.
