First Class Asylum

Name: First Class Asylum
Start: 2014-10-29T18:00:00+0100
End: 2014-10-29T18:00:00+0100
Location: Lecture Hall

by Niklas Hoffmann, Alexandra Wesolowski and Nina Wesemann

Wed, October 29, 2014 6:00 pm CET

Niklas Hoffmann, Alexandra Wesolowski, Nina Wesemann: First Class Asylum, Filmstill

Location: Lecture Hall

Munich, June 2013: refugees erect tents on the Rindermarkt and begin a hunger strike. A short time later they also refuse to drink. With their life-endangering Action they aim to advance their cause as persons entitled to asylum: A public demonstration of desperation accompanied, very closely, by a film team.

Niklas Hoffmann and his team followed the events in and around the hunger strike in Munich city center over an eight-day period. The result was a film that brought together attitudes among the population and in politics, the role of the media and the fates of individuals.

A premier showing of the film at the DOK.fest – 30^th International Documentar Film Festival Munich will be held on May 10, 2014.

The installation »INVISIBLE« by Niklas Hoffmann was also on show in the recent ZKM exhibition »global aCtIVISm« (2013/2014).