(Die Schmerzen der Lausitz)

Content: A film essay documenting the devastation of the Lausitz region. The Sorb writer Jurij Koch describes the destruction wreaked as a component in an act of ethnocide:"The end of a language; even if the step is appantantly an economic necessity in terms of furhtering the region, it signifies impoverishment, the excavation of an ethnic habitat - a restriction of human richness."

Countries:

East Germany

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

58 minutes

Year:

1991

Directors:

Peter Rocha

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