“Redemption Blues,” a film by Peter Stastny, is a film about the difficult legacy of the Holocaust and the insights of some of the last contemporary witnesses. He begins where usual Shoah representations end, drawing a path forward in search of moments of redemption from the perspective of the second generation.
The film is a very personal examination of history, through which a future with the legacy of the Shoah becomes conceivable. The presentations of the contemporary witnesses in dialogue with the director's voice are woven into a musical stream that flows away from nostalgic and religious sources into an ocean of free improvisation: A blues with echoes of redemption.
“Redemption Blues” celebrated its world premiere at the Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival in May 2018.
Welcome: Peter Stastny
Following: A conversation about the film with Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, and Peter Stastny
Advance booking requested: Tel.: +43 1 535 04 31-1510 or e-mail: events@jmw.at.
Free admission as of 6:15 p.m.
Monday, 25 Feb 18:30,
Museum Dorotheergasse
The film is a very personal examination of history, through which a future with the legacy of the Shoah becomes conceivable. The presentations of the contemporary witnesses in dialogue with the director's voice are woven into a musical stream that flows away from nostalgic and religious sources into an ocean of free improvisation: A blues with echoes of redemption.
“Redemption Blues” celebrated its world premiere at the Ethnocineca International Documentary Film Festival in May 2018.
Welcome: Peter Stastny
Following: A conversation about the film with Hannah Lessing, Secretary General of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, and Peter Stastny
Advance booking requested: Tel.: +43 1 535 04 31-1510 or e-mail: events@jmw.at.
Free admission as of 6:15 p.m.
Monday, 25 Feb 18:30,
Museum Dorotheergasse
