Collective shooting journal – 1 year after

Egypte, Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Lybia…. they were shooting for the documentary “The year of the spring – one year after” from September till December last year. Click through the collective shooting journal from the authors Susanne Sterzenbach, Stephan Buchen and Picareta Lourdes.

21 December

Susanne Sterzenbach: “Women have recaptured their former leadership role in this revolution”

During the demonstrations in Yemen, the country’s women were highly visible. Thousands could be seen in the ranks of the protest marches, dressed in the black veils and full-length dress that is the custom for women today in Yemen. In former times, Yemini women wore brightly printed robes, as one can still see occasionally in the city of Sanaa’s Old Town district today. [...]

21 December

Susanne Sterzenbach:“Cutlery is only here for foreigners.”

The food here is also wonderful, a delicious mixture of Oriental and Indian cuisine. There is mezze, an assortment of appetisers we are familiar from Jordan and Lebanon, and there are huge fish from the Arabian Sea. [...]

08 December

Susanne Sterzenbach: “Who’s shooting at who here?”

It’s 6 a.m. at the airport in Sanaa. Things move quickly, our visas are ready and our Interior Ministry guide, or perhaps minder, is also already here. The only thing the customs officials are really interested in is something that we don’t actually have on this assignment: live broadcast satellite equipment. We’re here to work on a documentary for ARTE, not to transmit live reports. Lucky for us. [...]

30 November

Stefan Buchen: “Who’s in charge of the new Libya?”

Our filming expedition through Libya a mere two months after the fall of Gaddafi is full of surprises that shed light on the transitional phase here following eight months of war. [...]

23 November

Stefan Buchen: “Libya’s Islamists seek control of the government”

Just as in Tunisia and Egypt, Libya’s Islamists were hardly a driving force in the revolt against the nation’s despotic leader. Like elsewhere, it was Libya’s younger generation, led by internet activists and civil rights advocates, who drove the protests out onto the streets.  [...]

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