Rodina heißt Heimat

In Belgrade, "Women In Black" silent vigils were held weekly from 1991 to 1997 to protest nonviolently against the war; the Serbian regime's policy; nationalism; militarism and all forms of hatred, discrimination and violence. They support deserters from every former Yugoslavian republic, organize actions to support refugees and publish books and magazines.

Frauen in Schwarz

Berlin, the German capital again, a few years after the fall of the Wall. The city in upheaval is also changing the lives of its inhabitants. A young photographer experiences these changes as a rupture, he looks into an unclear, unsettling future and increasingly feels like a stranger in his old city. He and his friends from the generation of the children of the Wall try to find a new identity without losing the old one. Young artists who fail the profitability test of the market economy. In his search, Robert Paris ends up far away, in India. Back in Berlin, he started developing photos again - the first in years...

Lights from Afar

Women in jail talk about their former lives and about their crimes. Three of the prisoners explain how they came to commit the act of violence that put them behind bars. The more we learn about their backgrounds, the more we begin to doubt the dispensation of justice.

Gotteszell - Ein Frauengefängnis

Helga Reidemeister portrays four women from Afghanistan-Jamila Mujahed, India-Arundhati Roy, Serbia-Stasa Zajovic and the USA-Sissy Farenthold, who demonstrate their opposition to nationalism and war.

Texas - Kabul

Hossein and Shaima have loved each other since childhood. As teenagers they were separated by war. They meet again in Kabul in the late 90s. Poverty forces Hossein to fight in the war. A shell splinter leaves him paralyzed. Shaima is sold into marriage with a man 40 years her senior and falls pregnant. Since Shaima's husband still owes half the dowry to her father he brings her back into the constraining patriarchal fold of the family, where she lives with her 5-year-old daughter. This situation doesn't prevent the two from seeing each other, even though this means going against their families' hard rules. In constant fear of revenge on the part of the male members of both families, they struggle to hold on to their love.