Johnny & Me
The young visual artist John Heartfield became world famous in the 1930s with biting political satires through his innovative photomontages. Using scissors and paper, he pointedly criticizes social inequality, Hitler's war policy, and fascism. Johnny& Me presents relevant questions of today’s clima: How much resilience does an artist need, and what is art‘s roll in a broken society?
The graphic designer Stefanie is in a creative crisis. Boring advertising assignments and a boss who does not value her work. On a visit to a museum, she is magically attracted by the satirical photomontages of the world-famous colleague and Nazi opponent John Heartfield. Then the miracle happens. She ends up in his studio, where she finally picks up scissors and paper again. An adventurous journey through Heartfield's extraordinary life 100 years ago begins.
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