Mijn broer
Screening with an introduction as part of World AIDS Day, in collaboration with Humanitas, Stichting Mara and COC Cocktail.
When Bart, the 28-year-old brother of filmmaker Koert Davidse, died in 1986, no one spoke about the mysterious illness that had taken his life: AIDS. Nor was there any discussion of Bart coming out in their Zeeland family, where silence prevailed.
In his most personal film to date, Rotterdam-based filmmaker and producer Koert Davidse (Thou Shalt Not Kill – The De Punt Train Hijacking) revisits his older brother’s free-spirited life, forty years later. The two brothers once shared an almost symbiotic bond, but Bart’s move to Amsterdam and his studies at art school created distance between them. Just as they were beginning to reconnect, Bart passed away. A traumatic loss that profoundly shaped Koert’s life.
While deeply personal, the film also explores broader themes, including the social changes of the 1980s. What was the impact of HIV on those infected, their friends and families, and the medical community? At the same time, Davidse reflects on how the freedoms won by the LGBTQIA+ community are far from guaranteed, particularly in an era of increasing restrictions.
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Screening with an introduction as part of World AIDS Day, in collaboration with Humanitas, Stichting Mara and COC Cocktail.
When Bart, the 28-year-old brother of filmmaker Koert Davidse, died in 1986, no one spoke about the mysterious illness that had taken his life: AIDS. Nor was there any discussion of Bart coming out in their Zeeland family, where silence prevailed.
In his most personal film to date, Rotterdam-based filmmaker and producer Koert Davidse (Thou Shalt Not Kill – The De Punt Train Hijacking) revisits his older brother’s free-spirited life, forty years later. The two brothers once shared an almost symbiotic bond, but Bart’s move to Amsterdam and his studies at art school created distance between them. Just as they were beginning to reconnect, Bart passed away. A traumatic loss that profoundly shaped Koert’s life.
While deeply personal, the film also explores broader themes, including the social changes of the 1980s. What was the impact of HIV on those infected, their friends and families, and the medical community? At the same time, Davidse reflects on how the freedoms won by the LGBTQIA+ community are far from guaranteed, particularly in an era of increasing restrictions.
