Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Jeanine Meerapfel, filmmaker, German cinema, Argentine cinema
College
Humanities
Department
French and Italian
Abstract
Jeanine Meerapfel has been a professional filmmaker for 30 years and is an important, though often overlooked, voice in German and Argentine cinema. Meerapfel, born in Argentina to German-Jewish parents who fled Germany during World War II, has worked in Germany, Argentina, and Greece, and has directed both fiction and documentary films. Since her first feature film, Malou [1981], she has tackled issues of immigration, identity and how one reconciles the past, with each subsequent film adding to the discussion of those issues. Jeanine Meerapfel’s work is fascinatingly complex and often defies rudimentary forms of categorization, proving far more complicated and multi-faceted.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Jonathan and Lee, Dr. Daryl
(2013)
"Jeanine Meerapfel and Her Films – An Interview,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 782.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/782