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Videograms of a Revolution
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Directed by Harun Farocki, Andrei Ujica
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| History takes place before our eyes
as the Romanian government of Nicolai Ceaucescu topples. In ten tense
days during December 1989, a popular rebellion overthrew the government,
executed the ruler, and occupied the television network. Factions
of the rebellion broadcast these events continuously for 120 hours.
In VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION, controversial German director Harun
Farocki (AS YOU SEE; HOW TO LIVE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY)
teams up with Andrej Ujica to condense and shape over 125 hours of
amateur and professional video into a document that concisely chronicles
the fall of Ceaucescu. The result is a unique documentary in which
media spectacle was turned into history and then history turned into
drama. As chilling as Eisenstein's October, VIDEOGRAMS OF A REVOLUTION
reveals the way ordinary images become extraordinary history.
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