Restoration
A decade after experiencing violence as a teenager, Sabrina from Detroit decides to confront her past. The family portrait RESTORATION accompanies her and her closest relatives during this process.
Cast
- Sabrina Banks
- Darnell Cotton
Restoration
Gudrun Gruber
- Documentary
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2023
- Language
- en. OF mit de. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 71min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Gudrun Gruber
Born in 1984 in Leoben/Austria. Studied Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Documentary Film at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a director and producer.
Filmography
2010 SHUTDOWN, Kurzdokumentarfilm
2011 KWUN TONG, Kurzdokumentarfilm
2012 SAN AGUSTIN – EBBE IM PLASTIKMEER, Dokumentarfilm
2014 A PLACE TO LIVE IS NOT A PLACE TO STAY, Dokumentarfilm
2014 KÄTHE BRIEFE – KEIN WEG AUS PRAG, Kurzdokumentarfilm
2016 BORDERLAND BLUES, Dokumentarfilm HOF 2016
2023 RESTORATION, Dokumentarfilm HOF 2023
“I remember well the first time we met. As part of a filming trip [...] we came to Detroit. Sabrina's father [...] told us about his daughter [...] and soon after, we met Sabrina for the first time. [...].
A short time later, a collaboration with Sabrina began that lasted five years and resulted in the now-completed film RESTORATION. The narration of the film was created in close exchange between Sabrina and me. [...]
For me personally, the fascination of the concept of trauma confrontation and the so-called ‘site visits’ is the social value that can be developed from there, beyond the fate of the individual. In the course of my research [...] I encountered many aggrieved persons who benefited from this confrontation and were freed from their symptoms of illness. [...]
The story of Sabrina Banks and her family is set in Detroit. Consciously dealing with the history of American racism as well as the dangers of a white, European view of it was a basic prerequisite for me in making this film. It was important to me and Sabrina to jointly make a film that is informed by our feminist beliefs in order to offer a bridge to other aggrieved people. [...]”
Gudrun Gruber
- Writer
- Gudrun Gruber
- Sabrina Banks
- Director of Photography
- Bernd Effenberger
- Editor
- Sophie Oldenbourg
- Sound
- Andrew Mottl
- Sound Designer
- Andrew Mottl
- Producer
- Gudrun Gruber
