The intersection between Black Lives Matter and a COVID-like pandemic plus a standout performance from non-professional actor Mwajemi Hussein is sure to make “The Survival of Kindness” one of Berli…
The intersection between Black Lives Matter and a COVID-like pandemic plus a standout performance from non-professional actor Mwajemi Hussein is sure to make “The film is deliberately obscure – the little dialog that is heard involves each performer speaking in a language of their own invention with the meaning known only to that actor and the film’s director, Australia’sAnd it is minimalist. Character names are purely functional.
“The times we live in inform everything and particularly the politics of the time. This project had a special freedom; [it had to be] COVID-nimble, meaning that we could find a way to shoot through COVID,” said de Heer in Berlin on Friday. “Its development came through my need to make a film and the locations that were interesting… and the collision between BLM and COVID, which was very evident in Australia. There was a need for protest, but protest was banned because of COVID.
“When people are discriminated against, those in power don’t see how the others are suffering,” said Hussein in response to a question about the film’s recurring shoe motif. Hussein arrived in Australia 17 years ago as a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now earns a living as a social worker. “Trusting is a good thing and [so too is] taking risk. [In social work we say] we can’t achieve big, bold thing if we don’t take risks.”
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