Along the River. Dialog zwischen Feinden Dokumentarfilm von Gerburg Rohde-Dahl. Heimspiel Bremen 185

Vier Monate nach dem 7. Oktober 2023 zeigt ALONG THE RIVER Israelis, Palästinenser und Deutsche während ihres schwierigen und herausfordernden Prozesses eines Dialogs zwischen „Feinden“.

Dokumentarfilm, D 2024, 61 Minuten

Buch, Kamera, Regie: Gerburg Rohde-Dahl
Dramaturgische Beratung: Beatrix Schwehm
Ton: Rebecca Horn WAR AND ABYSS Exposition Rebecca Horn Munich 2024
Musik: André Feldhaus
Zeichnungen: Jörn Gebert
Eingangsmontage: Alexander du Prel
Lichtbestimmung: Stefan Gohlke (CONCEPT AV)
Mischung: Jochen Voerste (CONCEPT AV)

Förderung: TuWas Stiftung für Gemeinsinn, GLS Treuhand, Anna Frank Fonds, Concept AV

Vier Monate nach dem von der Hamas verübten Angriff auf Israel am 7. Oktober, bei dem über 1.200 Menschen getötet wurden und der einen verheerenden Krieg im Gazastreifen auslöste, trafen sich Palästinenser und Israelis in Deutschland, um sich ihrer tiefen Trauer und Wut sowie ihrer gemeinsamen Menschlichkeit zu stellen. Ihr offener Dialog und der Ausdruck ihrer Gefühle bieten einen dringend benötigten Weg zur Heilung. ALONG THE RIVER gewährt einen intimen Einblick in das, was geschieht, wenn Menschen es wagen, den „Anderen“ nicht als Feind, sondern als leidenden Menschen zu sehen.
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Mittwoch 24.06.2026 um 17:30 Uhr Bremer Premiere in Anwesenheit der Regisseurin Gerburg Rohde-Dahl

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Filmfestivals

Chagrin Documentary Filmfestival Ohio (CDFF)
New York Jewish Filmfestival (NYJFF)
Afula Near Nazareth Festival (NNF)

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by Lisa Cataldo, Associate Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Education and Psychoanalyst 25.02.26

I was really moved by the film. I wish I had been able to stay and ask a question, because I was not only moved by the stories and the authenticity/vulnerability of the participants. but also the use of the haunting river shots, how they were varied over the course of the film, and the choices of music. There was something powerful about the images of flooded meadows, bare trees, and misty gray skies that held the space so beautifully.

On another note, many of the words spoken by the participants resonated with me on a deep level, particularly in their reflections on the embodied sculptures. The word vulnerability kept coming up. There was a moment when a participant (a German man I think) said something about the bravery of the groups to expose their pain openly.. Despite their characterizing their vulnerability as "weak," he said, " I think they're fucking strong." Yes.

I'm writing a piece for Perspectives on the theme of how we deal wtih the current state of chaos and violence - how does psychoanalysis help us? What is my personal way to find hope, etc. (this was the brief). I've been working on the idea of vulnerability as resistance (not defensive resistance but "vive la resistance," resistance against tyranny, division, splitting, and violent binaries. This film came at just the right time to help me think better about what I want to say. The film shows exactly what I am hoping to reflect on, that we can only connect in so far as we are willing to "bare our souls" to one another, to let down the defensiveness and be willing to hear the suffering of the other who we have thought of as our enemy (going two ways of course). It shows all the complexity of moral injury, institutional betrayal, implicated subjectivity ("I was there"), and the intergenerational transmission of trauma and guilt. I would love to talk it over with you some time, and I'd love to see the film again, too.

Please convey my gratitude to the director who created something deeply moving and haunting, so relevant for this moment. How great that the two of you are friends. This also gives me hope!

Gerburg Rohde-Dahl

Gerburg Rohde-Dahl ist Mitglied des Filmbüro Bremen e.V.

Die Reihe "Heimspiel Bremen" ist eine Kooperation des Filmbüros Bremen mit dem Kommunalen Kino CITY 46 und wird ermöglicht durch die institutionelle Förderung des Senators für Kultur.