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Aktiver Streik

1969 · 52 min

A dry, talk-heavy record of student protest that feels like eavesdropping on earnest political argument more than watching a story.

Directed by
Günther Hörmann
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jürgen Habermas, Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Overview
At the beginning of the winter semester 68/69, the students of the Department of Educational Sciences (AfE) at the University of Frankfurt decide to boycott all courses and at the same time organize counter-seminars. The strike was directed against the effects of the technocratic university reform that had just been introduced and was supported by all the student councils, especially the sociologists, students of Frankfurt Critical Theory. But this solidarity strike developed into a tangible dispute over the dismantling of authoritarian teaching situations and new emancipatory research strategies. The sociology seminar is occupied and renamed the "Spartakus Seminar". Working groups now meet there. The SDS discusses with Professors Habermas, Mitscherlich and v. Friedeburg shortly before the police occupy the seminar at night.

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Directed by
Günther Hörmann
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jürgen Habermas, Daniel Cohn-Bendit
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    • politics
    • education
    • rebellion
    • power
    • class
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    • school
    • big city
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    period
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    adult
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    • true story
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    • Language mild
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Günther Hörmann
    Starring
    Jürgen Habermas, Daniel Cohn-Bendit
    Runtime
    52 min
    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German

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