Available on tour 2026-2027
Decolonisation, liberation movements, non-aligned: Yugoslav filmmaker and artist Mila Turajlić delves into unreleased film archives to trace the birth of the Third World project and explore its political imaginary. Mila Turajlić spent years exploring the filmed archives of the Yugoslav Newsreels, working with Stevan Labudović, Yugoslav President Tito’s cameraman, who filmed Tito's travels in Africa and Asia during the tumultuous time of the birth of the Non-Aligned Movement. Mila Turajlić invites the audience to immerse themselves in these long-forgotten and previously unseen images, examining the roll they played in an epic visual battle through which cinema gave a voice to a decolonising world.
On stage, Mila Turajlić engages in live video editing (VJing), creating real-time montages from these images. As she layers these resurfaced images with oral histories, sound recordings, and personal archives, she takes on the challenge of giving a voice to these political projects. The live excavation opens up a space where, together with the audience, they explore the poetry of fragments.
Text and direction
MILA TURAJLIĆ
Artistic collaboration
BARBARA MATIJEVIĆ
Production: Par Avion ; Théâtre National de Bretagne, Centre Dramatique National (Rennes).