Breathing Matter(s): Foreign Parts

silent green presents

Guest: Véréna Paravel
Presented by: Uli Ziemons

Foreign Parts (Véréna Paravel, J.P. Sniadecki, USA/F 2010, 80 min) is the portrait of a run-down industrial quarter on the edge of Queens which Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki visited over a two-year period. The film observes the controversial expropriation of a neighborhood before it founders in New York's capitalist city ecology. 

"Foreign Parts shows how these people live and work in the worst possible conditions and yet still try to evade the impending redevelopment of their quarter. The film’s dramatic structure allows the viewer to get to know the location slowly, almost as if by touch alone, to see the unconventional beauty of the car parts, to get close to its inhabitants and to experience their stories and daily battles for survival. One is ensnared by a place that has nothing beautiful about it but is captivating nonetheless." (Christine Dériaz)

Saturday, July 19
Start: 8 pm
Kuppelhalle
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