PUBLIC DOMAIN

In summer 2018 the piece "Public Domain" by the American David Lang was performed in the Philharmonie Berlin. It was commissioned by the Berliner Philharmoniker for 1000 singers. The giant choir consists of amateurs, some of whom have never sung before, and semi-professional choirs from different worlds, associations, institutions and clubs in Berlin.

One piece for 1000 voices

This is precisely the idea behind the project: that social groups that otherwise hardly meet mix and now work together on a project. The text deals with everyday things and feelings that are familiar and shared by all - love, transience, fear, hope and passion. The film accompanies the process from the choir rehearsals in the most diverse parts of the city to the performance in the Philharmonie. It introduces the initiators of the project with their visions and motivations and portrays six singers in their Berlin environment, whose hopes and desires are exemplary for many.

Team

A film by JULIA GECHTER, director's assistant: JOHANNA HUTH, camera: MIRIAM TRÖSCHER, sound: ULLA KÖSTERKE, montage: SARAH CLARA WEBER, original music: DAVID LANG'S "THE PUBLIC DOMAIN", filmmusic: BELA BRAUCKMANN, GUNTER PAPPERITZ, Camera DCH: THOMAS KUTSCHKER, 2nd unit camera: LUCA STEINER, CHAD CITTENDEN, CARLO TUOR, 2nd unit sound: JARRYD WASSINK, ENRIQUE AMIBAS, SAGIR ALIYU, commissioning editor: DOROTHEA DIEKMANN, producers: UWE DIERKS, THOMAS GRUBE.

A BOOMTOWN MEDIA production in collaboration with DIGITAL CONCERT HALL and EDUCATION DEPARTMENT of the BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER and MET FILMSCHOOL BERLIN.

Commissioned by RBB Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg.

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BOOMTOWN MEDIA INTERNATIONAL