Die Revolution frisst ihre Kinder
Jan-Christoph Gockel
2020 | 74 min
DokusMusik, Tanz, Theater
In 2014, the award-winning theater director Julia travels to Burkina Faso with her acting ensemble to stage Danton's Death. Once there, she discards the concept imported from Europe.
Puppet maker Michael Pietsch makes a puppet of the president and independence fighter Thomas Sankara, who was assassinated in 1987. His alleged murderer is Blaise Compaoré, who has ruled the country autocratically for 27 years. When protests break out on the streets of Ouagadougou, fiction becomes reality.
SVOD TVOD Tue Apr 26 2022
SVOD TVOD Tue Apr 26 2022
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