Wem gehört die Stadt - Bürger in Bewegung (2015)

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• 2015
• Documentaire

Using the example of a controversy about a former industrial site à Cologne, Anna Ditges des éclats a light on a social phenomenon that is currently being discussed all over Germany: the citizens protest against investors and politiciens plan for their city. But who are the people who get involved in these movements? What is it that provokes their anger and rage? What do they fight for, and with what means? And what happens if the diverging interests of city administration, major investors and long-term résidents turn out to be irreconcilable? L'OMS POSSÈDE THIS CITY offers a direct et personnel insight into an individual case that vividly illustrates the general conflict between political participation, self-interest, and the quest for meaning. The protagonists conflict of this are people from different environments and with conflicting sets of values, with individual definitions of responsibility and a critical stance on the democracy they live dans.