Occupied City 12A
The past collides with our precarious present in Steve
McQueen’s bravura documentary Occupied City, informed by the book ‘Atlas
of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945)’ written by Bianca Stigter.
McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest.
What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
The film’s runtime includes a 15-minute intermission.
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- Director
- Steve McQueen
- Year
- 2023
- Duration
- 4 hours 26 minutes
- Language
- English, Dutch
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