Author: susan gluth

Never Forget! (working title)

Published by susan gluth
LOGLINE According to the UNHCR, 100,000,000 people are currently displaced worldwide. The causes are manifold and, viewed globally, they repeat themselves. NEVER FORGET! is a serial, documentary-animated film project that wants to give refuge a face, to remind, to shake up and to give courage. In the individual episodes, refugees show how they manage not to remain in the role of victims in their new country and to lead a good life. Development support by Robin Swicord & Women's Writing Lab, Munich Animation & Graphic Design by Agnieszka Kruczek, Berlin

Very Senior – Attitude is everything (Gestorben wird Morgen)

Published by susan gluth
OFFICIAL TRAILER Vimeo FILM WEBSITES very-senior-film.com/en/ gestorben-wird-morgen.de IMDB WATCH THE MOVIE Vimeo Amazon Filmfriend Eduflat / educational purposes SYNOPSIS There is a place in Arizona that is so peaceful that people go there to die: a retirement community in the middle of the desert, especially designed for senior citizens, with palm trees and bungalows, blue skies, red sunsets, an abundance of pharmacies and extra-wide streets for a comfortable ride in your golf cart! Seen from Europe, Sun City seems like a utopian vision: a town designed on the drawing board that looks like some extra-terrestrial apparition. And yet, since 1963 it has been routine and everyday reality. Fun! Fun! Fun! The bright lights flash: there is a punk band in the garage and a tap dance revue on the stage. The old punks call themselves “One Foot in the Grave” and the tap dancers radiate revue charm with undisguised pleasure in what they are doing instead of a perfect figure and blemish-free skin. Aging is a condition where “aches and pains are part of the …

Nepal

Published by susan gluth
Chitwan is part of the western Terai in Nepal. Tharuland. Well known for it's Royal National Park where you can explore the wilderness by feet and met easily hundreds of birds species, rhinos, elephants and tigers. Not every encounter will be survived, but mostly people are lucky. When I visited the area in December 2016, I focussed on Rapti-river and the Tharu living there. People are washing themselves, their clothes and cars in the water. Elephants come for a bath frequently. Men are fishing and women harvesting snails. Everyday life. One morning I stood at the riverbank and Salina, 11 years old  invited me spontaneously for tea with her family while she and her brother prepared for school. We couldn't speak to each other, I only know some nepali words but we found a way to communicate. It was a very happy start into a new morning.