Augusto Boal
Switzerland, January 2013
FILM,
Documentary,
52 min.
- directed by
- Anita Blumer
- Written by
- Simone Kriesemer, Anita Blumer
- Status
- In distribution
The Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal is one of the most prominent representatives of political intervention theatre in the 20th century. In the 1960s he developed a theatre method which he called the “Theatre of the Oppressed,” which results in a socially liberating experience. His method redefined the relationship between the actors and spectators in that spectators are urged to emancipate and liberate themselves from their passive role. The film illustrates what this means in practice using various theatre groups from all over the world, including Switzerland, as an example.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2013
- Original Version
- French, English, Swiss-German, Portuguese, German (french/german subtitles), colour, HD Cam, 52 min.
- Production
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Werner Swiss Schweizer, Simone Kriesemer
- directed by
- Anita Blumer
- Written by
- Simone Kriesemer, Anita Blumer
- Cinematography
- Rolf Hellat, Lorenz Merz, Christoph Wirsing
- Editing
- Kornelija Naraks
- Sound Design
- Jürg von Allmen
- Re-Recording Mix
- Jürg von Allmen
- Location Sound Mix
- Jürg Lempen
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
24.01.2013 - 31.01.2013