Shift

Shift

2015 · 29 min · Documentary

SCHICHT (SHIFT) is both a reckoning and a search for traces of the past. Layer by layer the film unfolds the portrait of the filmmaker's family - brought to life by records from private archives - and embarks on a dizzying trip through the shrinking industrial city of Salzgitter, Germany.

Directed by Alex Gerbaulet · Written by Alex Gerbaulet

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