MOVIES - TV FILMS
AUGUSTO BOAL
by Anita Blumer
The Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal is one of the most prominent representatives of political intervention theatre in the 20th century. In the 1960s he developed a theatre method which he called the «Theatre of the Oppressed», which results in a socially liberating experience. His method redefined the relationship between the actors and spectators in that spectators are urged to emancipate and liberate themselves from their passive role. The film illustrates what this means in practice using various theatre groups from all over the world, including Switzerland, as an example.
Credits
Year: 2012
Country: CH
Running Time: 52 Min.
Director: Anita Blumer
Author: Simone Kriesemer
Producer: Swiss, Simone Kriesemer
Co-Producer: Simone Kriesemer
Camera: Rolf Hellat, Lorenz Merz
Editor: Kornelija Naraks
Sound: Jürg Lempen
Cast: Augusto Boal, Julian Boal, Rosa Luisa Marquez, Henry Thorau, Rebekka Benz, Barbara Santos, Adrian Jackson, Prosper Campanore
Festivals Solothurner Filmtage, 2013
Visions du Réel Nyon, 2013
3rd Fanatika International Theatre Documentary Festival, 2014