The past collides with our precarious present in Steve McQueen’s bravura documentary Occupied City, informed by the book Atlas of an Occupied City (Amsterdam 1940-1945) written by Bianca Stigter. McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we’re headed.
Running Time: 246 minutes (includes 15 minute intermission)
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Language: English and Dutch with English subtitles
Country of origin: United Kingdom, Netherlands, United States
Directors: Steve McQueen
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