Newsreel 242 - Sunny Railways

Newsreel 242 - Sunny Railways

2023
31m
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In Yugoslavia in 1947, 211,000 of the country's young people, joined by 5,735 from abroad, worked with great enthusiasm building the 242 kilometer railroad between Sarajevo and Samac. A newsreel from the period shows them toiling away with spades, pickaxes and shovels to complete the job in just seven months. Newsreel 242-Sunny Railways is both a tribute to these idealistic young people and an elegy for the loss of hope for a better world. "The visions of the future suffocated in the rivers of blood and mass graves," we hear in voice-over, referring to the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia and to a broader context. The railroad, laid over the rubble of the Second World War, damaged during the Bosnian War, and neglected in the new millennium now looks like the ruins of some ancient civilization. This documentary essay argues that the story of the railroad harbors enduring ideas for a world beyond capitalism, and that we must rediscover the values of times past.

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Language: SL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Temporama Obzorniška fronta
Production Countries
Slovenia
Spoken Languages
Bosnian Slovenian

Quick Facts

Original Title Obzornik 242 - Sunčane pruge
Release Date January 1, 2023
Status Released
Language SL
IMDb ID tt29255680

Cast

Key Crew

Nika Autor
Writer
Nika Autor
Director
Nika Autor
Producer
Olga Dimitrijević
Writer

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