BABYLON

DAS GROSSE MITTE-LAND

By Samir .

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 1994

The first Swiss documentary with and on «Secondos» and the influence the electronic media have on the second generation of immigrants.

    • Year of production
    • 1994
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Samir .
    • Writer(s)
    • Samir .
    • Producer(s)
    • Samir . (Dschoint Ventschr)
    • Synopsis
    • The first film about «secondos»: A Turkish ice hockey player explains why, in Switzerland, he could only fall in love with an Italian. A young Italian woman explains why she prefers to rap in English. A hip-hop artist with Hispanic origins fights for his political rights and the director reminisces on how, despite his Arabic roots, he’s been persecuted as a Jew.
      Babylon 2 reflects the rise of a new urban culture in Switzerland, which is instigated by the second generation of immigrants and the help of electronic media.