Lights from Afar

Year: 1998

Runtime: 99 mins

Language: German

Director: Helga Reidemeister

Documentary

Set in Berlin a few years after the Wall fell, the city’s upheaval mirrors a young photographer’s sense of alienation. He and his peers—children of the Wall—search for a new identity without losing the past. Unable to meet market expectations, he travels to India, returns and finally resumes developing photographs after years away.

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