Züri brännt (film)

Züri brännt (titled Züri brännt in English) is a 1981 Swiss documentary film directed by the Swiss filmmakers Markus Sieber, Ronnie Wahli, Marcel Müller, Thomas Krempke. Beginning on 22 January 2015, the film was shown on occasion of the Solothurn Film Festival as one of the milestones of the Swiss film history.[1]

Züri brännt
Directed byMarkus Sieber, Ronnie Wahli, Marcel Müller, Thomas Krempke
Release date
1981
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss German

Background

Züri brännt or Opernhauskrawalle, literally meaning "Zurich is burning", is the Swiss German term and generally used for the youth protests in May 1980 in the Swiss city of the same name, a municipality in the Canton of Zurich. Violent protests, against for that time extremely high cultural subventions by the city, who had neglected alternative governmental cultural programs for Zurich`s youth, occurred in 1980 during the so-called Opernhauskrawall, meaning riots or protests at the Zurich Opera House. The protests took place on 30/31 May 1980[1] at the Sechseläutenplatz square in Zurich, but also throughout the whole city, spreading to other municipalities of Switzerland in 1980 and again in 1981. These protests marked the beginning of the alternative youth movement in Switzerland. A first political compromise was the establishment of the AJZ (a short-lived alternative youth centre at the Zurich main station), and the opening of the Rote Fabrik alternative cultural centre in Wollishofen in late 1980. Rote Fabrik still exists, and claims to be one of the most important alternative cultural places in the greater Zurich urban area. The most prominent politician involved was Emilie Lieberherr, then member of the city's executive (Stadtrat) authorities.

The documentary was based on the original black and white material filmed at the locations of the youth protests in May 1980 and afterwards. It was first aired on Swiss television SRF in May 2014.[2]

Festivals
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gollark: As an incredibly horrible workaround, you can use a camera, projector and lots of computer vision stuff.
gollark: I should check.
gollark: Does Poland somehow have a whiteboard shortage?

References
  1. "Meilensteine der Filmgeschichte an den Solothurner Filmtagen" (in German). 10vor10. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  2. Franz Kasperski (2015-01-16). "Der heisse Sommer 1980: "Züri brännt"" (in German). SRF Kultur. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  3. "Filmreihe zu den 50. Solothurner Filmtagen" (in German). Swiss television SRF. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-01-19.


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