Texas-Kaboul

A political road movie; a journey round the world in search of common sense in times of war. At the same time, this documentary is also a journey into the past: the ruins of Kabul are a reminder of devastated German cities after the Second World War. This is a film born of a state of emergency – both external and internal. Pro- foundly disturbed by the announcements of war in the wake of the tragedy of 9/11 in New York, the film’s director sets out on a journey in search of allies – like minds capable of level-headed, considered thoughts and actions in the face of sheer panic. She finds four women in four different countries. In New Delhi she meets 43-year-old novelist Arundhati Roy, who, in spite of her overwhelming success as a writer, has elected to stop writing and ded- icate her efforts to the struggle against war and globalisation. Serbia is the home of 50-year-old novelist Stascha Zajovic, who founded the group,“Women in Black”, in Belgrade under Milosovic’s dictatorship. The next stop is Kabul, where 45-year-old Jamila Muhajed, the publisher of Afghanistan’s only women’s magazine,“Malalai”, describes the horrific events of recent years in her country. Sissy Farenthold from Houston is a 76-year-old former professor of law and an ex-politician. The war in Vietnam prompted her to break off her career and fight for human rights instead. This film is the result of a deep sense of unease; it also seeks to provoke unease and move people to act.

Die Filmemacherin Helga Reidemeister ist für ihr "politisches Roadmovie", das in Folge der Kriegsankündigungen nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 entstand, durch verschiedene Länder gereist, um Menschen zu finden, die ihre Beunruhigung über die politischen Geschehnisse teilen. Im indischen Neu Delhi, in Serbien, Kabul und Houston, Texas, hat sie vier Frauen getroffen, die sich aktiv und kritisch mit der Weltpolitik und der Politik ihrer Heimatländer auseinander setzen.