KATRIN

of DE MONTESQUIOU Eléonore

FRANCE, GERMANY, 2006, 00:05:00

Production : DE MONTESQUIOU Eléonore
Genre : Video art
Keyword : Portrait, Relation, Society, Testimony

Summary :
Katrin is 15 years old. She was born and raised in Tallinn.
Her father is Estonian, her mother is Russian. While her mother was in prison she went to live with her father for a few months, and then left him to stay with a friend.
When her mother was released, they both came to live in Sillamäe, a Russian environment more familiar to them, and this is where I met her.
She shares her opinion about the relationship between the Russian and Estonian communities.
She also mentions the issue of citizenship in Estonia: Estonian citizens have a blue Estonian passport,
Russians have either a red Russian passport or a grey 'alien’s' passport.
After Estonia became independent this non-citizenship passport was given to those who chose to stay in Estonia without taking the language and culture exam required to get the blue passport.

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