Strike or Die
| Director | Jonathan Rescigno |
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This film from Jonathan Rescigno highlights the power of social anger. It’s not that often that the poetic side of anger and revolt against social injustice is as pervasive as this in a documentary. The remarkable thing about “Strike or Die” is the successful blend of times and situations, the soundscape of the silence when the battle is over, the teargas that hangs over the place, making it possible to slip from one timeframe to another and to weave clear connections between the sequences.
It’s a film about men and women. A eulogy to the struggle borne aloft, beyond the title, by the accounts of those who witnessed history as they explain how difficult it is to fight against humiliation. An extremely beautiful portrait of dignity…
Jean-Marie Barbe
Producer, Editorial Coordinator of Tënk and Co-founder of the États Généraux du Film Documentaire de Lussas
- Soutien Tenk Film soutenu par Tënk en partenariat avec le Cnap
- Sacem 1
- Brouillon d'un reve 1
This film from Jonathan Rescigno highlights the power of social anger. It’s not that often that the poetic side of anger and revolt against social injustice is as pervasive as this in a documentary. The remarkable thing about “Strike or Die” is the successful blend of times and situations, the soundscape of the silence when the battle is over, the teargas that hangs over the place, making it possible to slip from one timeframe to another and to weave clear connections between the sequences.
It’s a film about men and women. A eulogy to the struggle borne aloft, beyond the title, by the accounts of those who witnessed history as they explain how difficult it is to fight against humiliation. An extremely beautiful portrait of dignity…
Jean-Marie Barbe
Producer, Editorial Coordinator of Tënk and Co-founder of the États Généraux du Film Documentaire de Lussas
- Soutien Tenk Film soutenu par Tënk en partenariat avec le Cnap
- Sacem 1
- Brouillon d'un reve 1
