Director Helke Sander: *From the Reports of Security Guards & Patrol Services Part 1* (1985)
A final bargaining tactic—
A young single mother climbs a construction crane with her two small children and scatters leaflets declaring, "If we aren't guaranteed affordable housing by tonight, we will jump."
Her movements as she climbs are strikingly light and agile, while the children—oblivious to the gravity of the situation—seem positively delighted, as if this were merely an extension of play. It is a choice that is—in an activist sense—profoundly simple yet radical, performative, and critical; it is a moment that makes one shudder.