SYSTEM CHANGE
Two thousand cops challenge two hundred
tree squatters in an ancient forest in the
middle of Germany that is to make way for
a motorway. The political and legal struggle
against the construction of this motorway
has been going on for forty years, but now
the state, on behalf of the federal govern-
ment, has decided to wrestle it out – against
all resistance. The drama around the eviction
of the forest squatters from the environmen-
tally sensitive Dannenröder Forest forms the
common thread of a film about the dashed
hopes of the younger generation for a better
future.
tree squatters in an ancient forest in the
middle of Germany that is to make way for
a motorway. The political and legal struggle
against the construction of this motorway
has been going on for forty years, but now
the state, on behalf of the federal govern-
ment, has decided to wrestle it out – against
all resistance. The drama around the eviction
of the forest squatters from the environmen-
tally sensitive Dannenröder Forest forms the
common thread of a film about the dashed
hopes of the younger generation for a better
future.
- Regie: Klaus Sparwasser
- DE 2023, 99 min, OmeU
- Saturday, 21.10. 18:30 Uhr
