Life on Tape

The filmmaker’s mother suffered a fate typical of women of her time: university yes, but no professional career. Captivated by the spirit of women’s liberation, she lacks the structures, support from her parents and from her partner as well as the confidence in her own abilities and the strength to break through prevailing patterns. The family has become a prison. Melanie was 12 when her mother Gabi died. Decades later, she discovers her father’s Super 8 video archive and Gabi’s allegedly lost diaries in his house. She embarks on an attempt at a tender reconnection that unveils the political in the private.… >>>