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Watch anywhereTen years on, director Gerd Kroske revisits the Leipzig street sweepers, now grappling with deeper social decline, alcoholism, and unemployment.
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Sweep It Up, Again - A decade later, Berlin street sweepers' lives unravel
Ten years after director Gerd Kroske first met the three Leipzig street sweepers in 1996, their lives have deteriorated further, marked by alcoholism and unemployment.
With one of the sweepers having passed away and the others enduring their daily struggles, Kroske’s documentary poignantly portrays their continued fight against neglect and isolation.
The film presents them with dignity, highlighting the harsh realities of social decline and the loneliness etched on their faces. Critics have described it as 'an intense and bitter film about social coldness and lack of opportunity.
