Uferfrauen - Lesbian L (i) in the GDR
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Uferfrauen - Lesbian L (i) in the GDR |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 117 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Barbara Wallbraun |
| script | Barbara Wallbraun |
| production |
Volker Zobelt , René Frotscher , Thomas Jeschner (Producer) |
| music | Martin Kohlstedt |
| camera |
Anne Misselwitz , Julia Hönemann |
| cut | Jana Teuchert |
Uferfrauen - Lesbisches L (i) just in the GDR is a German documentary film by the director Barbara Wallbraun from 2019.
content
The documentary film accompanies six protagonists who grew up and lived in large and small towns in the GDR . The women let the audience participate in their everyday life at that time, in their struggle for self-determination, first love, unconventional family planning as well as conflicts with the SED and the law, overall the search for personal (love) happiness. It shows the loneliness of outsiders, the social taboos of homosexuality , the compulsion to conform and the adjustment in a repressive state.
Production and publication
The film was produced by Sunday Filmproduktions GmbH from Halle / Salle in coproduction with the ZDF editorial team - Das kleine Fernsehspiel . On October 20, 2019, the film premiered at the Lesbian and Gay Film Days Hamburg and won the audience award “DOKULA” for the best documentary film.