KZ

Directed by Rex Bloomstein, UK, 2005, 98 minutes, in German with English subtitles, Documentaries and Dialogue Guest Speaker: Dr. Marion Kant, musicologist and dance historian Philadelphia Premiere. Two kilometers from the picturesque town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria is the former "KZ," short for concentration camp. Bikers, tourists, schoolchildren, people from all over the world visit the site on a daily basis while the local population goes about its daily business. How does it feel to be a tourist here? How does it feel to live in this place with the dark secrets of the past? Stripped of the usual dramatic devices, survivor testimony and graphic archival footage, this film shows nothing. but says everything.