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
- engl. OF m. dt. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 71min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
Nominated for:
Granit – Hofer Dokumentarfilmpreis
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 | |
| Käthe Briefe – Kein Weg aus Prag | Kurzdokumentarfilm | ||
| 2016 | Borderland Blues | Dokumentarfilm | 2016 |
| 2023 | Restoration | Dokumentarfilm | 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
