We Call Her Hanka 2023 Directed by Grit Lemke Bei uns heißt sie Hanka

A green lawn like an unused carpet, encircled by a neat forest edge, in the background the steaming cooling towers of a coal power station – impressionistic camera images from Lusatia. They summarise in one pan how a used-up utilitarian landscape is trying to recultivate itself. Can ancient identity and language be re-discovered amid this strange artificiality? The director travelled through this region in search of her origins. She was born here, in Lusatia. This is her home and that of the smallest of all Slavic peoples: the Sorbs.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Documentary
Production Companies RBB , MDR , ITWORKS! Medien GmbH
Release Date 8 October 2023
92 mins