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Knitting at the Kino Intimes: One Monday a month, bring your knitting to the movies. In cooperation with@fhainstrick
THE UNBREAKABLES tells the story of the women in the Bonn Republic who, as true pioneers, literally had to fight for their participation in democratic decision-making processes against men obsessed with success and intoxicated by power. Undaunted, ambitious, and with endless patience, they forged their own path, defying prejudice and sexual discrimination. Female politicians from that era share their stories today.
Their memories are at once funny and bitter, absurd, and at times shockingly relevant today. Interwoven with archival footage—some of it previously unseen—documentary filmmaker and journalist Torsten Körner (“Angela Merkel – The Unexpected”) has succeeded in creating a deeply moving chronicle of West German politics from the 1950s through reunification. The images he has uncovered possess a power that allows us to rediscover the cinema as a space for political self-affirmation. An insightful historical document that makes an unmistakable contribution to the current discussion.
An extraordinary, unique cinematic journey through time featuring numerous female pioneers of the Bonn Republic, whom Torsten Körner invited back to their former places of work to interview them—including Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SPD), Marie-Elisabeth Klee (CDU), Ursula Männle (CSU), Christa Nickels (The Greens), Ingrid Matthäus-Maier (FDP/SPD), Renate Schmidt (SPD), and Rita Süssmuth (CDU). Historical footage also features political figures such as Aenne Brauksiepe (CDU), Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (FDP), Waltraud Schoppe, and Petra Kelly (The Greens). Impressive and inspiring, this multifaceted look back at West Germany’s past offers valuable insights for the present and the future.
