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The world‘s northernmost town: Longyearbyen

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The world‘s northernmost town: Longyearbyen

At Neisse Filmfest the Town of Longyearbyen in Norway was described in the czech/slovakian/norwegian documentary film "The Visitors": A young anthropologist, Zdenka, moves with her husband and three sons to Svalbard, Norway, to study how life is changing in polar regions.

She has received a prestigious two-year grant to carry out extensive research on the impact of globalisation on the inhabitants of the world‘s northernmost town, Longyearbyen. After falling in love with her new home, Zdenka discovers that more than icebergs and permafrost are vanishing in the Arctic. Through conducting interviews with residents, she begins to perceive how heterogeneous the small local community actually is, while also revealing tensions that lie beneath the surface. Zdenka then has to work out the extent to which she can get involved in the local community that she only originally intended to observe. Radio Blau has talked to Film-Maker Veronika Lišková at Neisse Filmfest, where it was screened...
https://www.taskovskifilms.com/film/the-visitors/
https://www.neissefilmfestival.net/de/start

Autor Autor: aktu
Radio Radio: RadioBlau
Datum Datum: 27.05.2023
Länge Länge: 12:12 min.
Bitrate Bitrate: 320 kbit/s
Datum Auflösung: 44100 kHz
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