| Summary: | Spanning a career of over 20 years; working with short films, occasionally documentaries, but primarily feature-length films, Barbara Albert’s oeuvre captures the complexity of the human condition through myriad political and historical periods with keen forensic observation. Albert’s focus is on capturing the inner lives of women, where her stories are penetrating, as she looks daringly at their experiences across generations, social and political classes and reveals the unexpected—the capacity for humans to surprise themselves (and each other), often defying social expectations. And yet, her films champion women’s resilience and their ability to find solidarity in ways that challenge our perceptions of gender and class stereotypes.
In this reflective contribution, Barbara Albert offers an overview of seminal moments in her career and connects some events and influences that drew her to particular subjects and the stories explored in her films.
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