About Narration (1975) Materials, Comments, Interventions

Edited and introduced by Sezgin Boynik and Tom Holert, this book focuses on About Narration [Erzählen], a 1975 essay film directed by Ingemo Engström and Harun Farocki.

It includes the film’s script alongside the historical documents related to its making and Farocki’s previously unpublished theoretical and programmatic essay on the film. The publication also includes a retrospective essay by Ingemo Engström on the film’s political and artistic background.

Volker Pantenburg’s detailed elaboration of the conditions of its making, alongside Boynik and Holert’s concluding remarks, further contextualizes the film. The interview with Cathy Porter on Larisa Reisner, a heroine of About Narration, gives an overview of the life of a militant writer who inspired Engström and Farocki.