Peking 2008 Poland
2008, 39min.
Prod.: Monica Radecka, Script/Dir.: Dagmara Drzazga, Dir. of Phot.: Mieczyslaw Chudzik, Compos: Dagmara Drzazga, Ewa Błachut, Sound: Krzysztof Skrzypczak, Edit.: Ewa Piskor.
Just turn off one of the major streets in Katowice to find yourself in another world: in the “district of wonders” called “Peking”. Old, rotten industrial blocks accommodate people sinking in addictions and despair. Most of them are out of jobs and live on small benefits received from the social care center. They call themselves the “condemned ones”, sent here for their overdue rent debts. Poverty is shared here by the Silesians and the Gypsies. The film is the documentation of a yearlong observation of the people living in Polish “Peking” - the story of their joys and daily problems.
Production Company
Telewizya Katowice, Telewizyina 1, 40-953 Katowice, Poland
Tel.: +48 605 605 537
| Drzazga, Dagmara Dagmara Drzazga (born 1968, Poland)
Polish Television journalist and presenter affiliated with Katowice studios. Author of many coverages and documentaries, e.g. The Sentimental Journey of Roman Totenberg, Bobrek Dance or Panna Maria- the Pioneers and Descendants. In 2003 she was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix Documentary at Circom Regional - IF of Public Televisions in Italy and “White Cobra” Grand Prix at the 12th Polish Festival of Mass Media in Lodz (Poland). Her documentaries were presented at numerous festivals in Poland and the USA. Drzazga was the member of the jury of Circom Regional international contests in Ireland (2004), Denmark (2005) as well as the Festival of Independent Video Films in Jelenia Gora and Tarnow (Poland). Member of the Association of Polish Journalists and Silesian Film Union 44.
Philmography
Peking 2008 (2008).
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