"Memories
of Rain" eine brillante Dokumentation über zwei Lebensgeschichten
in der "Weißen Zeit der Dürre", über die
Macht des Vergessens und den Zwang der Erinnerung, eindringlich,
spannend von der ersten bis zur letzten Minute und stellenweise
so verstörend wie eine Anhörung der Wahrheitskommission".
Bartholomeus Grill, "Die Zeit"
Gisela Albrecht and Angela Mai’s “Memories of Rain
– Views from the Underground” tells the story of two
very different people who both fought as commanders in the intelligence
service of the ANC against the Apartheid government.
It is an extraordinary film that pieces together forgotten histories
to give us a perspective of what it must have been like to abandon
ordinary existence for lives lived in camouflage, in exile, in invisibility,
in violence, all for the greater good. Even if the links between
the means and the ends became blurry at times…
The film is all the more extraordinary for the fact that it manages
to be riveting over the course of three hours of face-to-face interviews
…
The Independent on Saturday 19.06.04
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Rain falls down
in typical highveld fashion, the sky darkens, the grass looks greener.
Rain features heavily in “Memories of Rain”……
This is a striking, powerful documentary that lays bare the emotional
and physical pain that came with being part of the ANC underground,
and must surely count as one of the “must-sees” of the
Encounters 2004 festival. “Memories” is directed by
Gisela Albrecht and Angela Mai
…
“Memories of Rain” remains indelibly etched on my mind …
The Sunday Independent July 18 2004
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