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In 1944, the 7th district of Budapest was transformed into a Jewish ghetto. It was a walled-off district where Jews were forced out of their home and crammed into yellow starred buildings before being deported to concentration camps and forced labor camps. By the time the ghetto was liberated on January 16, 1945 - nearly 50% of the city's Jewish population had died during the Holocaust. When the surviving victims returned, the DEGOB transcribed testimonies of their experience.
Yellow Starred Courtyards merges readings of testimonies from the past with observational images of the present taken inside former yellow starred buildings, blurring the line between where history ends and the present day begins.
Their haunting historical accounts are read by people from Iran, Brazil, Indonesia, Georgia, and Ghana as a way to pay a global tribute to the voices of the past.
Director and Editor: Christina Agatha Zachariades | Musical Score: Alexander Rodriguez | Cinematography: Christina Agatha Zachariades | Camera and Sound: Quan Nguyen | Voiceover Readings: Setareh Samavi, Tarsila Nakamura, Audy Zandri, Eka Tsotsoria, Nnenna Onuoha | Producer: Doc Nomads