Ermela Teli’s documentary as a cathartic process of memory
“A film about the contradictory relationship between human beings and ideology.”
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“Socialist realism in Albania was institutionalized as a refined apparatus for falsifying human experience, while the most intimate moments of citizens were reconstructed to fit the ideological axis.”
“The Enverist regime had approved only political and totalitarian rain. Any rain outside these categories was strictly forbidden.”
Gresa Hasa
Gresa Hasa is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Shota, an Albanian feminist magazine. She is an independent publicist, regularly contributing political commentary in Albanian, regional and often international media. Previously, she was engaged in grassroots political organizing in Albania. She currently resides in Vienna, Austria, where she continues her academic and professional career.
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in Albanian.
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