EKALAKA

EXPERIMENTAL FILM, VHS, 15 MIN, 2002

A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ONE-YEAR STAY OF A GERMAN STUDENT IN A SMALL TOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDWEST. VIDEO LETTERS THE BOY SENDS HOME TO HIS FAMILY ARE COMBINED WITH THE ANSWERS HIS GRANDFATHER SPEAKS ON DICTAPHONE TAPES. LOOKING FOR THE FREEDOM OF AMERICA HE FINDS HIMSELF

AT A TURNING POINT BETWEEN ANYWHERE AND NOWHERE: EKALAKA.

DIRECTOR: TIMO SCHIERHORN

SOUND MIX: BJÖRN MOHR