Following her father’s death, Marina Lutz began sorting through and cataloguing more than 10,000 photographs, Super 8 home movies, and reel-to-reel audiotape he left behind. As the evidence in the archive slowly mounts, she uncovers a childhood defined by her father’s aggressively obsessive voyeurism and her mother’s passive complicity. Using the footage once gathered to humiliate her, Marina turns the table on her father to create a chilling document of psychological abuse and fractured survival while also serving as a reminder that many bruises are deep, unseen, but no less damaging.
This screening takes place in association with Brighton & Hove ’16 Days’ programme of events, which aims to raise awareness of the problem of violence against women, and highlight the connections between women, violence, and human rights. 16 Days marks the international 16 days of activism to eliminate violence against women that falls between 25 November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) and 10 December (International Human Rights Day). For information about the help available locally see www.riseuk.org.uk and www.survivorsnetwork.org.uk
