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Germany · Kontrapolis · 1970-01-01

Film Ruina – about an occupied housing project in Venezuela

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Sunday, 5th

September, 9 p.m. Wagenplatz truck and trailer Revaler-corner Modersohnstr. 10245 Berlin What happens if a bank fails?

For example, it is occupied by 3000 people and converted into a housing project.

Downtown Caracas, a 200-meter-high skyscraper ruin, rises to the Caribbean sky and serves as a shelter for 750 families.

Ignored by the city government and feared by the neighborhood, the residents of Torre Confinanzas are building their own model of a socialist micro-society in their vertical city.

Ruina tells of difficulties and successes by building a social community out of a mass of people.

The film is also intended to once again focus on Venezuela, a country that was a role model for some leftists 20 years ago.

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Source: Kontrapolis