In 1987, Amber Films created a documentary about the East German shipbuilding and fishing town of Rostock. It grew out of a collaboration with DEFA, the East German documentary studio. The Berlin Wall came down two years after the film was made and 25 years later Amber returned to Rostock, finding the participants in the original film, exploring their reflections on what it had captured and their experiences of political, economic and cultural change.
Ellin Hare worked at the BBC as an editor, made several short films and was a member of Frontroom Productions, before joining Amber Films in 1983. Over the last 30 years, Hare has been an editor on all of Amber’s feature films and several documentaries. She has also worked as a producer on Amber productions.
Introduction by film director Ellin Hare.
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