Amid the dunes of the Sahara, a Jaima, the traditional Saharawi tent. A woman, through the
tea ritual, takes us into the past and present of her people, persecuted and driven out of their
land. She offers us three teas: the first, bitter as life; the second, sweet as love; the third,
mild as death. The light of the desert is reflected on the Saharawi people, their life made up
of essentials and their struggle to endure.
The breasts are in place, the feathers are smoothed, off to the date! Her daughter does not comprehend the ritual of desire yet … Erotically crude, with pointed beaks in the conflicts.
Summer 2022 in eastern Ukraine: The police evacuate people from the war zone, bodycams record the dramatic events. In 2023, the film team talks to survivors.
Weeks after the Russian invasion, Vasilii begins to document the suffering and dying in his east Ukrainian homeland. The helmet camera of the police officer records evacuation missions of the “White Angel” in Marinka for months. These are close-up shots of a brutal war of aggression, in which the civilian population, in particular, becomes the victim. In the documentary film by Leipzig-based author and journalist Arndt Ginzel, rescuers and survivors have their say. In retrospect, they recount the downfall of their city; Marinka no longer exists today.
DOK Industry is realised with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media upon a Decision of the German Bundestag.