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Sean Burn - Stealing brecht

4:26, 2004, Experimental
 
Stealing brecht explores rituals of healing and asks how we can create moments of hope and compassion in the face of oppression. i remember first engaging with human rights when i was around 13. this was via a series of short films featuring specific cases of human rights abuses from across countries and cultures highlighted by amnesty international. what brought it home more was that due to chronic mental-ill health which first manifested itself around then i was taken to an adolescent psychiatric unit & detained there, building a bridge between my own oppression and others. i have always created work as an escape route but found myself so oppressed by recent detention under the mental health system that i could not. these last 3 years have been a journey for me and i am now emerging again and re-engaging artistically with the world. the film was created thanks to a medialab pva residency has received many screenings around europe.
DirectorSean BurnProducerSean BurnWriterSean BurnCameraSean BurnEditorSean Burn
 

CountryUnited KingdomEdition2007
 

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