The cutting down of a cherry tree becomes the starting point for an intimate dialog about transgenerational trauma between a mother and daughter. The line between the need to investigate and the desire for healing becomes blurred while a persistent camera depicts the felling of the tree. The short documentary is an attempt to find a shared language for the unspeakable consequences of child sexual abuse within one's own family.
Silke Schönfeld studied fine art at the Academies of Fine Arts in Münster and Düsseldorf. Her works have been exhibited internationally. Since 2020 she has been an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam.
Filmography
2015 kommt und guck selber
2016 Nur wer die Arbeit kenn, der wird sie schätzen
2017 The Lying Sun
2019 Mainacht - invented traditions part one
2020 Die sehen ja nur, die wissen ja nichts
2023 Ich darf sie immer alles fragen
