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Elektro-Lähmung - Ein Film gegen die politische Ohnmacht(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-10-19
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An initiative discusses a videotape in which a group of activists portrays themselves and their work against the "nuclear power mafia." After argumentatively and polemically confronting the economic and political power of the energy industry, the activists call for the shutdown of escalators to counteract people's electro-paralysis.
Languages: German.
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Germany
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Bernward Wember Filmproduktion
Movie: Elektro-Lähmung - Ein Film gegen die politische Ohnmacht
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Eva Mattes
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Jörg Hube
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An initiative discusses a videotape in which a group of activists portrays themselves and their work against the "nuclear power mafia." After argumentatively and polemically confronting the economic and political power of the energy industry, the activists call for the shutdown of escalators to counteract people's electro-paralysis.
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1989-10-19
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