We Did What Had to Be Done
Dieser Film basiert auf fünfzehn Interviews mit nordirischen Frauen, die wir im Zeitraum von 2009 bis 2017 geführt und zusammengestellt haben. Sie erlebten den Konflikt als Befreiung aus den Rollen, die ihre Gemeinschaften für sie vorgesehen hatten. Eine Befreiung, die sich im Laufe des Friedensprozesses Schritt für Schritt wieder zu ihrer Ausgangssituation zurückentwickelte. Ihre Namen sind – anders als die Namen ihrer männlichen Mitstreiter und Genossen – nicht im öffentlichen Narrativ des Konflikts zu finden. Diese Dokumentation möchte ihre Geschichte erzählen. (Friederike Berat und Ulrike Ertl)
We Did What Had to Be Done is a documentary about the role that women played in the Northern Irish Troubles. “We did what had to be done” is a phrase nearly all interview partners used to describe their involvement. Depending on their political affiliation, however, they meant very different things: to work in a British Army store, to break out of the women’s prison in Armagh, to transport bombs or to educate their children to become Republican fighters or British soldiers… Unlike their male combatants, they are rarely mentioned in the history books or in the wartime narrative. This documentary seeks to tell their stories.
Director's Biography
Friederike Berat and Ulrike Ertl
Friederike Berat, born in Berlin in 1971, is a curator and filmmaker in Berlin. She studied directing at the film school ETTIC Paris, and makes documentary films and video installations. Ulrike Ertl, born in Baden near Vienna in 1971, is radio host, author, musician and performer in Berlin. She studied performing arts with Marina Abramovic and is a member of the feminist radio collective SissiFM/RadioF*.
Film Selection: We Did What Had to Be Done (2018, doc, Berat & Ertl) - Mach's einfach (2017, mid-length doc, Berat & Ertl) - Die Schrippenkirche (2006, mid-length doc, Berat) - Friedrichshain - 10 Jahre Sanierung (2004, mid-length doc, Berat)
Friederike Berat, born in Berlin in 1971, is a curator and filmmaker in Berlin. She studied directing at the film school ETTIC Paris, and makes documentary films and video installations. Ulrike Ertl, born in Baden near Vienna in 1971, is radio host, author, musician and performer in Berlin. She studied performing arts with Marina Abramovic and is a member of the feminist radio collective SissiFM/RadioF*.
Film Selection: We Did What Had to Be Done (2018, doc, Berat & Ertl) - Mach's einfach (2017, mid-length doc, Berat & Ertl) - Die Schrippenkirche (2006, mid-length doc, Berat) - Friedrichshain - 10 Jahre Sanierung (2004, mid-length doc, Berat)
Competition Documentary 2019
Friederike Berat, Ulrike Ertl
Deutschland 2018
color
90 Minuten
Englisch OmeU
Kamera Alison Miller, Friederike Berat
Schnitt Friederike Berat
Ton/Sounddesign Ulrike Ertl
Mit Evelyn B., Veronica, Debbie, Beryl, Emma, Sharon, Susie, Kathe, Nuala, Evelyn G., Jacqueline, Janice, Jo-Anne, Marie, Eva
Produzent*innen Ulrike Ertl, Friederike Berat, Friederike Lorenz, Nadine Coquemer, Frank Thiele
Weltvertrieb
sixpackfilm
Verleih in Österreich
sixpackfilm
Weltpremiere
Crossing Europe 2019
Austrian Rightssixpackfilm
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
World Premiere
