דער קערפער פֿון השם"He had wild hair and wore jeans. He was #American and #Jewish. He had a #camera.
That was enough to trigger #surveillance by the notorious #secretpolice of #communist #Romania, the #Securitate.
Now, 41 years after #photojournalist #EdwardSerotta boldly stepped behind the #IronCurtain, we can see just how obsessed the #Romanians were with him, thanks to a short #documentary by renowned #Romanian #director #RaduJude and #historian #AdrianCioflâncă.
“Plan contraplan/Shot Reverse Shot,” which had its world premiere at the #Berlinale international #film festival last month, gives equal time to #Serotta’s reminiscences about Romania in the 1980s, and to the Securitate’s observations of him."
