11:00 - 12:30
Film shop Kassel
Documentary film, Serbia 2023, 77 minutes (Original with English. and dt. Subtit.)
cooperation partners:within: Promotional college just - fair and sustainable transformation, University of Kassel; Global Labour University; Zbor - Zdruzeni Balkanski Otpor I Rad
free entry
In Majdanpek in Serbian, a culture, The historically known for magical practices and supernatural beings, destroyed by an ever increasing copper mine. The mine is a life donor and customer and of central importance for the regional economy, However, there is a great threat to the traditional customs of the local Vlach population, an ethnic minority in the Balkans, which is often stigmatized and overlooked. The pollution is so serious, that she even drives the kite, who supposedly live in the forests. The documentary tells of these conflicts between nature/tradition and industry/modernity based on the life of a family.
The film screening is part of the series of events “The Green Transition and its costs for the Balkans” in May in Kassel, Berlin and Frankfurt.
