In life we meet fear at every corner –from the young delinquent and violence in the streets to the Bomb and fear of death itself. Fear is everywhere; we have to live with it. The “victim in anger” is a shopkeeper attacked by young muggers. She is afraid, but she is also angry and demands their punishment. After her search through the systems of law and order and justice, there is just one answer: She must live with fear. The young protestors in STOPPING HISTORY live with cruise missiles on their doorsteps. They are in the front-line of a nuclear apocalypse. To fight their own fear (and in spite of their own fear) they unite in opposition. In WHO’S AFRAID OF FEAR?, FEAR IS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF AN INVENTIVE AND MOBILE CAMERA. In a very personal video essay, our fears from childhood to the grave are collected, reflected and returned to our experience: to be alive is to be afraid.
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