It's 2019, Fridays for Future fills the streets, "the climate" fills the news. Young journalist Theresa is currently at a family party in the west of our republic. There she is confronted not only with her mother's alcoholism, but also with the sometimes outrageous conspiracies of her extended family. Back in her editorial office in Berlin, Theresa and her colleagues set off in search of the sources of the climate conspirators in Germany. They soon come across organized climate denialist institutes - right in the heart of Germany.
In order to gain a better understanding of how climate deniers network, what drives them and what their plans are, the editorial team goes undercover at a conference. And what they find out there will only be the beginning of a major research trip.
Based on research by CORRECTIV, HEARTLAND immerses the audience in the heart of organized climate denial. Seven 3rd year drama students (Instagram: @ernstbusch26) slip into a wide variety of roles - from investigative journalist to conspiratorial aunt to powerful boss of the American fossil fuel lobbyist.
Calle Fuhr is a theater maker. He writes texts, directs them and sometimes performs on stage himself. His works have been invited to international festivals and his texts have been translated into several languages. For some years now, Calle Fuhr has been working increasingly with investigative journalists from DOSSIER and CORRECTIV. His work on fossil fuel companies such as LEAG and OMV and on real estate magnate René Benko has attracted international attention. Calle Fuhr already worked as a freelance lecturer at the HfS Ernst Busch in 2018 and 2019 and is now returning as director and author for the studio production HEARTLAND.
Admission is free. Tickets and more are available on the HfS homepage or at: presse@hfs-berlin.de
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