In the organizer's words:
Director Julia Charakter personally presents her documentary about the biggest abuse scandal in the Protestant church:
THE CHILDREN FROM KORNTAL
DEU 2023. dir: Julia Charakter. Documentary. 95 min. FSK: 12
Korntal, a tranquil small town in Baden-Württemberg, becomes the scene of one of the biggest abuse scandals in the Protestant Church in Germany. From the 1950s onwards, hundreds of children were abused in the local homes of the Pietist Brethren congregation and had to endure forced labour, corporal punishment and sexualized violence. The scandal became public in 2013. To date, more than 150 former children have broken their silence and more than 80 perpetrators have been identified. The community of 9,000 people initially reacted to the accusations with doubt and rejection: many could not or did not want to imagine such a thing happening in their Christian Korntal... The film gives six of those affected space to tell their stories and say what they think the investigation report is hiding.
Korntal, a tranquil small town in Baden-Württemberg, becomes the scene of one of the biggest abuse scandals in the Protestant Church in Germany. From the 1950s onwards, hundreds of children were abused in the local homes of the Pietist Brethren congregation and had to endure forced labour, corporal punishment and sexualized violence. The scandal became public in 2013. To date, more than 150 former children have broken their silence and more than 80 perpetrators have been identified. The community of 9,000 people initially reacted to the accusations with doubt and rejection: many could not or did not want to imagine such a thing happening in their Christian Korntal... The film gives six of those affected space to tell their stories and say what they think the investigation report is hiding.
In the presence of director Julia Charakter, followed by a film discussion
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10 € / 7 € reduced / 6 € members Cinema Quadrat e.V.
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