Down by the River

Ein Dokumentarfilm von Karl-Friedrich König & Dirk Hornschuch
Deutschland | 18 min. | Deutsch

Description

ON THE BRIGHT SANDY BEACH deals with the memory of Delfin Guerra and Raúl Garcia Paret, two Cuban contract workers in the GDR who died in Merseburg in 1979. During a visual tour of the city, acoustic fragments from Stasi files, letters and Facebook chats condense into a reflection on forms of remembrance and racist continuities.

 

A production by

Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V.

Distribution

2Könige Film

Evaluation

Neisse Film Festival 2025
Filmfest Dresden 2025
Beijing International Film Festival 2024

Crew

Director, Writer Karl-Friedrich König Dirk Hornschuch
Drehbuchautoren Karl-Friedrich König Dirk Hornschuch
Producer Karl-Friedrich König
Dirk Hornschuch
DoP Karl-Friedrich König
Dirk Hornschuch
Editor Karl-Friedrich König
Dirk Hornschuch
Sounddesign Karl-Friedrich König Dirk Hornschuch
Mixing engineer Florian Marquardt
Colorist Kay Dombrowsky