second generation
3 movies and shows
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis
Sat, 01 Jan 1983
Fifteen-year-old Pavle Hromiš, obeying the will of his parents, leaves Germany and goes to live in Yugoslavia with his grandmother. He has problems with the language and the different curriculum. The only place where he feels fine is the aeronautic club where he practices hang gliding. The film was the basis for a docudrama shot the following year: The Second Generation.
They Saw the Sun First
Mon, 27 Apr 2020
A genre-bending documentary using dance and physicality to explore themes of youthfulness, fear, regret and aging. The star of the show is New York. The perspectives of elderly citizens of NYC are interpreted physically by a younger generation. The words come from real-life interviews recorded with a diverse selection of aging New Yorkers.
Visible
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
Three second-generation teens from Toronto navigate the everyday pressures of high school and their futures.