CCA
4
Thursday 18th October
7.30pm-8.30pm
Last to Know
Mark Bauder and Dorte Franke
Germany ï 2006 ï 52 mins
UK Premiere
It is estimated that the former East
German regime took 250,00 political
prisoners during its existence, ordinary
people wrenched from family
and friends and locked up for speaking
or acting in a manner that aggravated
the authorities. This deeply
felt documentary looks at the lives
of three German families from the
former GDR that had one or more
members imprisoned, and considers
the still-reverberating effects that
imprisonment caused.
A tour guide, a writer, a priest and
his wife spoke their minds and paid
the price - as did their families who
were watched because of their
guilt by association - but today it is
almost impossible for them to talk
about those life-altering events with
those they are closest to. The last
to know about the humiliations and
the physical and psychological abuse
they suffered are their own parents
and children - some are afraid to ask
the important questions and some
are afraid to answer those questions
when asked. Bauder and Franke bring
these families together and, gently
but persistently, get the former captives
to reveal their experiences and
listen to how their families dealt with
their imprisonment. The result is a
moving film that shows how powerful
honest communication can be to
bring about a resolution to seemingly
unsolvable situations.
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Closing Party
CCA Cafe
Sunday 21st Oct 10.30pm
 Sheila
Stewart is one of Scotland's traditional Traveller storytellers,
and Ballad singers. She has a rich repertoire and has a style
of singing that is strong and passionate and distinctively her
own yet in the fi nest mainstream of the Scottish tradition.
Last in the Line is screened in CCA 4 earlier in the day 1.15pm-
2.00pm where Sheila will also read from her biography of her
mother (Belle Stewart) Queen Amang The Heather.
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