Christiania, Copenhagen
Directed by Gerry Meaudre

26 MIN
BETA DIGITAL (16/9)

Original version available
with English or French commentary
 
documentary – lifestyle – surroundings – art – culture
– society – history – nature – work – everyday life

SYNOPSIS

In 1971, a group of citizens in search of a playground for their children took over the site of an old military barracks in Copenhagen. These were the humble beginnings of the “Christiania” movement. Nowadays it is far removed from the hippies and freaks of yesteryears – even if the spirit struggles for existence for those hailing from Christiania, one of the cultural hot-spots of Europe post ’68, a symbol of a generation in search of an alternative, autarchical, passifist, free and community-focused lifestyle, often wild and zany, militant for the liberalisation of soft drugs. After many conflicts with national political authorities, this area where the walls are reminiscent of the military style architecture of Vauban remains the symbol most consistent with a “free city” where its inhabitants pursue an ideal of self-management despite controversies, contradictions, degradation and turbulence. Kaleidoscope depicts, through interaction with the inhabitants of “Christiania”, the playfulness and sometimes anarchic spirit that lives on.

CREDITS

Directed by : Gerry Meaudre
Script : Gerry Meaudre
Mister Kaleidoscope was written and acted by Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Image : Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
Editing : Michèle Maquet
Sound : Jean-Jacques Quinet

INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Wajnbrosse Productions
Video cassette available on request: Contact - us

PRODUCTION

ARTE France
Panic Productions
Wajnbrosse Productions

With the support of
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) ,
Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique et des Télédistributeurs Wallons

LINKS

Jean-Manuel Traimond author, guide : hlbhlb@hotmail.com
Christiania website : www.christiania.org