National Bird
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Graffiti in Kabul, Afghanistan
National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck
USA 2016, Berlinale Special
Torsten Lapp © Ten Forward Films
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Blick von oben: eine amerikanische Nachbarschaft in National Bird, 2015
National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck
USA 2016, Berlinale Special
Jason Lam © Ten Forward Films
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Opfer eines U.S. Luftangriffs und sein Sohn, Kabul, Afghanistan, Juni 2015
National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck
USA 2016, Berlinale Special
Torsten Lapp © Ten Forward Films
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Lisa, ehem. U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant, Afghanistan, Juni 2015
National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck
USA 2016, Berlinale Special
Torsten Lapp © Ten Forward Films
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Sonia Kennebeck
National Bird by Sonia Kennebeck
USA 2016, Berlinale Special
Torsten Lapp © Ten Forward Films
National Bird provides insights into the US drone programme as seen through the eyes of veterans and survivors whose stories are connected. At the same time the film asks whether it is possible for a world to exist other than one in which violence breeds violence.
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Insa Rudolph, Dieter Kosslick, Sonia Kennebeck
The composer, the Festival Director and the director at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
National Bird · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Sonia Kennebeck
The director in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
National Bird · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Sonia Kennebeck
The director at the premiere.
National Bird · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
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Sonia Kennebeck, Jesselyn Radack
During film talk.
National Bird · Berlinale Special · Feb 14, 2016
On the podium from left to right: Host Louis Klamroth, director Sonia Kennebeck, attorney and protagonist Jesselyn Radack and producer Ines Hofman Kanna.
National Bird
Berlinale Special · Panel Discussion | Talk · Feb 14, 2016