Being Gypsy

Roma and Sinti people talk about their experiences in the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany inspired by Otto Pankoks paintings of Romani theme and subject in the 1930s declared degenerate art by the Nazis These are moving narratives of persecution discrimination marginalisation of life as secondclass human beings all of which lasts incredibly enough right up to the allegedly democratic present day of the film since they live in inhumane conditions in barracks at the margins of cities and society and are not officially recognised as Nazi victims Long nearly uncut sequences open space for the people and their stories Thats all it takes for one of Peter and Zsóka Nestlers most important works