
Birthday:
04-01-1942
(82 years)
Birthplace:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Biography
Maj Wechselmann, born 1 April 1942 in Copenhagen, is a Danish-Swedish documentary director and filmmaker, known for expressing radical social criticism in her documentaries.
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Female Human
event1970
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A collage about gender roles. Collective film by Janne Brodin, Arne Hedlund, Per Lundkvist and Maj Wechselmann.
Ubåt! En till sannolikhet gränsande visshet
Act like Self
event1985
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In 1982, one year after the Soviet submarine U-137 had been found beached in Swedish waters, the Swedish government claimed to have captured another submarine in its waters. As time went on and no submarine turned up the shouts for proof grew louder and luder.
My Mother
Director
event2017
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Using the mother’s life and constant flight as the main thread, the film shows us a deeply religious, Jewish girl, born in the Ukraine in 1902, who died an atheist and communist in Copenhagen in 1985.
Speak to Me Sisters
Director
event1998
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A Swedish film which takes a look at the struggle against apartheid in South Africa from 1929 until the present day, focusing in particular on the participation of women in the fight.
1985 - Vad hände katten i råttans år?
Director
event1985
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In 1984, ten Swedish directors joined together in the trading company Filmgrupp 10 HB to jointly produce a period document in the form of film.
Skilsmissebilleder
Director
event1978
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Two couples are each heading for divorce. The academics Lene and Lars after less than two years of marriage, while working class Lone and Peter are to split after 12 years. How did it come to this? Switching between the two marriages, their stories are being uncovered from social, psychological, political and sexual perspectives. Does it come to a verdict on marriage as an institution?
Hungermarschen
Director
event1982
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The film oscillates between depicting the everyday life of workers in 1917 and 1982, where the common denominator is that they in both families have difficulty making ends meet financially.
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
Writer
event1980
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Anton Nilson is known as one of the Amalthea men, three young socialists who in 1908, in one of the labor conflicts that crippled Malmö, carried out a bomb attack against the ship Amalthea, home to the English "willing to work" that the employers had imported to break the struggle of the striking workers.
Viggen 37 - ett militärplans historia
Writer
event1973
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About the Swedish Saab 37 Viggen combat aircraft.
Human Beings Are Dancing Stars
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A Holocaust survivor explores how events from the past shaped the outcome of the present not only for herself but by also examining how people in Israel and their actions in Palestine are formed by history.
Ewa Rudling
Writer
event2011
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Ewa Rudling's career as a photographer got an explosive start. She was in Paris when the student revolt began in May 1968. Ewa borrowed a camera and the pictures she took at the barricades at the Sorbonne University ended up in British The Observer. Physical and psychological abuse was part of young Ewa Rudling's everyday life. She had to take care of the little sister, but never felt any support from her mother. At the age of 19, Ewa too off for Rome. Her Nordic looks and appearance made her a model. Later she moved to New York and on the skating rink in Central Park, she met her prospective husband, Claude Duthuit, daughter's son to the artist Henri Matisse.
Moa Martinson - Mother of the Country
Editor
event2019
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Documentary about Moa Martinson.
Marabou Girls
Director
event1971
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A documentary about the girls at Marabou and their work situation.
Atom Serving Humanity
Director
event2020 star_border 6
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In 17 chapters, Wechselmann narrates about the atom bomb and nuclear power, but also about the history of resistance.
Vittne till sin samtid
Producer
event2014
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As an unwavering natural force, Maj Wechselmann produces at least one film a year, which is guaranteed to show troublesome connections between established power structures and maladjustments for people further down the hierarchy of society; this time through the Swedish Television photographer Claes-Göran Bjernér's fascinating fate of life. Bjernér, who reported from 23 wars in 83 countries, had his lungs injured for life in the poison gas disaster in Bhopal, India in 1984. The film begins with him almost dying several times, but miraculously returning to life. In interviews and archival photos, he shares his unique first-hand experiences of war, violence and corruption. A glowing agitation to never stop demanding responsibility for the world's tragedies.
You decide!
Editor
event2011
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The film depicts Sudan and how international oil companies operate in the southern parts of the country. Wechselmann connects this with Swedish private savers' general ignorance of which funds have shares in the oil companies.
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