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The Truth Lies in Rostock

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Channel 4 TV 1993 78 minutes 

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August 1992 Lichtenhagen estate, Rostock, former East Germany.

Police withdraw as fascists petrol bomb a refugee centre and the home of Vietnamese guest workers while 3000 spectators stood by and clapped. Using material filmed from inside the attacked houses and interviews with anti-fascists, the Vietnamese guest workers, police, bureaucrats, neo-nazis and residents, a story of political collusion and fear unfolds.

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Press reviews

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Astounding in the way it lifts the lid on German authorities collusion in the events… it is both an historical record and a revelation of the cynicism that politicians call pragmatism.
Time Out, 21-28 July 1993

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A painstaking documentary… raising a number of questions that may never be answered.
The Guardian, 23 July 1993

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Impressive documentary whose implicit message is that right wing extremism is not just a matter of young Skinheads throwing Molotov cocktails but raises deeper questions about the attitude of government and police. 
The Times, 22 July 1993

 

Awards

Winner of Special Mention International Jury at The International Nyon Documentary Festival 1994.

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Featured selected at Cinema Du Reel Paris.

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German Version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P21AfG6SPE

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Trailer The Truth lies in Rostock