Songs of Repression

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Songs of Repression
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Film poster
Directed by Estephan Wagner
Marianne Hougen-Moraga
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Heidi Elise Christensen
Release date
  • 18 March 2020 (2020-03-18)(CPH:DOX)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesChile
Denmark
Netherlands
LanguagesGerman
Spanish

Songs of Repression is a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary film about the German colony Villa Baviera in Chile. The film premiered at 2020 the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, where it won the Politiken:Danish:Dox Award and the CPH:DOX Award. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Songs of Repression på CPH:DOX 2020". en.cphdox.dk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. "'Songs Of Repression': CPH:DOX Review". Screen. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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