Songs and memories can be loving and painful companions. In advanced age the childhoodbecomes matter of interest and awareness again. The documentary 'Sing our song' gatheredpeople and picked them up - in their childhood, in their beginnings. The film brought togethersenior citizens in Austria and Tel Aviv and their memories. The recollections and songs collectedand documented in Austria were intertwined with those of former Viennese Jewry in Tel Aviv. Thesongs, poems and tales the people tell and sing point out parallels to the fate of the interviewees.Their stories are condensed into a separate history of this generation.
Songs and memories can be loving and painful companions. In advanced age the childhoodbecomes matter of interest and awareness again. The documentary 'Sing our song' gatheredpeople and picked them up - in their childhood, in their beginnings. The film brought togethersenior citizens in Austria and Tel Aviv and their memories. The recollections and songs collectedand documented in Austria were intertwined with those of former Viennese Jewry in Tel Aviv. Thesongs, poems and tales the people tell and sing point out parallels to the fate of the interviewees.Their stories are condensed into a separate history of this generation.
Directors: Magdalena Plöchl
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Student project: No
Completion date: 01/19/2018
Shooting format: HDV
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Film color: Color
First-time filmmaker: Yes
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