Mushrooms of Concrete: The ghosts of Albania’s Cold War bunkers
Albania built 750,000 bunkers for a war that never came. Now what? Directed by Martijn Payens (
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‘The bunkers are our cathedral, our scar. They are part of our face.’
Enver Hoxha, the communist leader of Albania from 1944 to his death in 1985, left a complex legacy of industrialisation, isolationism, paranoia and economic stagnation in his wake. In addition to purging political rivals, Hoxha believed that his country risked being invaded by any number of perceived foreign foes, including NATO forces and former Soviet bloc allies. In preparation for an invasion that never came, Hoxha sunk much of the country’s resources and manpower into building some 750,00 bunkers throughout Albania, even as many of his people struggled to meet their most basic needs. Mushrooms of Concrete explores the contemporary lives of these ‘bunkers of an imaginary war’. Still omnipresent throughout the Albanian countryside, today they exist as monuments of a difficult past, even as some have been transformed into storage facilities, tourist attractions, clubs and restaurants.
Director: Martijn Payens
Producer: John Vandekerckhove, Jan Vromman
#Albania #ColdWar #documentary
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#Bunker1944 eshte nje Lounge Bar i ri ne Tirane i hapur jo prej shume kohesh, i dizenjuar per te qene nje vend komod dhe relaksues ne stilin retro, te kohes se komunizmit ne shqiperi. Pervec komoditetit ne Bunker1944 do te gjeni duke filluar nga kafeja, verat tradicionale por edhe te huaja, birrat angleze dhe kokteilet e ndryshme, ne te njejten kohe bunker ka dhe nje program te detajuar me evente te ndryshme si: nata e poezise, nata e lojerave, muzik live me grupe te ndryshme artistike etj. Ne bunker mund te organizoni edhe mbremje private si ditelindje ose festa te tjera private.
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