For the Time Being

Filmstill For the Time Being

For the Time Being

For the Time Being
Nele Dehnenkamp
German Competition Documentary Film,
DOK im Knast
Documentary Film
Germany
2023
90 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
German
World premiere

At the beginning Michelle Bastien-Archer shows and comments on photos of her wedding. The African-American and her childhood friend Jermaine were married in the unhospitable visitors’ hall of Sing Sing in 2007. He had been sentenced to 22 years to life for voluntary manslaughter in 1998. Ever since, she has been fighting tirelessly to prove his innocence. Now new documents have turned up that reinforce doubts about the trial’s decisive witness statement. Michelle becomes more confident. She presses even more determinedly ahead with her efforts to get Jermaine released. The camera is with her as if live, for almost a decade.

It feels like a thriller whose script was written by life and the U.S. American justice system. Daily life under exceptional circumstances, scenes from an unusual marriage. Timed phone calls from prison, countless visits to the lawyer, appearances at solidarity events for wrongly convicted African Americans. Michelle works as a house painter for the City of New York, raising her two children alone. We learn in passing that their biological father was the victim of a brutal crime. The portrait of a confident woman who shares her fears and hopes with us emerges.


Anke Leweke

Contains mentions of racism

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11.10.
#324
CineStar 4
For the Time Being
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11.10.2023
CineStar 4
#324
For the Time Being
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12.10.
JSA Regis-Breitingen
For the Time Being

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12.10.2023
JSA Regis-Breitingen
For the Time Being

Registration by 6.10. dokimknast@dok-leipzig.de

Registration by 6.10. dokimknast@dok-leipzig.de
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13.10.
#5B1
Kinobar Prager Frühling
For the Time Being
Ausverkauft
13.10.2023
Kinobar Prager Frühling
#5B1
For the Time Being
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14.10.
DOK Stream 24h
For the Time Being
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14.10.2023
DOK Stream 24h
For the Time Being
During Checkout you can apply discounts, your accreditation or season passes
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14.10.
#631
CineStar 5
For the Time Being
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14.10.2023
CineStar 5
#631
For the Time Being
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Director
Nele Dehnenkamp
Cinematographer
Nele Dehnenkamp
Editor
Nele Dehnenkamp
Producer
Nele Dehnenkamp, Christine Duttlinger

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Nominated for VER.DI Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness, Gedanken Aufschluss Prize, Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize, DEFA Sponsoring Prize
Winner of Gedanken Aufschluss Prize