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Jamel - Lauter Widerstand

Jamel - Lauter Widerstand

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 19, 2024

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

Original Title

Jamel - Lauter Widerstand

Production Companies

Labo M, ARD Kultur, NDR, SWR, BR, RBB

Director

Martin Groß

Description

The small village of Jamel in the northwest of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is considered a right-wing extremist stronghold. In the past, neo-Nazis have deliberately moved here. Using right-wing slogans and symbols, they openly claim dominance over the village. In the middle of it all: the artist couple Birgit and Horst Lohmeyer. In search of a rural idyll, the Lohmeyers moved to the village in 2004, underestimating the situation there, where they encountered right-wing extremist thinking and rejection, even threats. Instead of allowing themselves to be driven away, they make a statement against it every year with the "Jamel Rocks the Forester" music festival. After their barn was set on fire, they and their festival received prominent support from the German music scene. The documentary shows that the conditions in the village are not an isolated case and that folkish landgrabs by right-wing extremists are a widespread problem, but also how music can help fight for democracy.