What does justice and injustice look like? How can we have a better local community and what conversations would be useful to have? What topics don't we think about and maybe it would change something in us if we did?
On October 14, starting at 7pm, stories of justice, education and even the stories of the city echoed for two hours in the Sala Opera Brașov. We enjoyed with the audience moments of storytelling, short movies, poetry and music. Stories about children and criminals(and how categorically we can draw the line), how complicated it is to be a woman and make choices, how abandonment hurts and why we have a museum for it, how we measure success and what it means, how we still care (or not) for the environment, about human vs. bear fights were brought to the spotlight.
It also meant about 300 souls experiencing in the same time the powerful emotions and sense of safety net that the power of community creates.
At the end, we let ourselves be carried away to the chords of the Eyedrops' songs, which let all the feelings, thoughts and impulses for a more just future, together, take root.
This show would not have been possible without our friends:
Produced by: Leaders for Justice
Hosted by: Sala Opera Brașov
Media partner: Radio Romania Cultural
Supported by: Aqua Carpatica, Domeniile Sâmburești, Hotel Kolping
Supported by: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Romania, Konrad Adenauer Foundation - Rule of Law Program South East Europe
Photo-video and editing: Bogdan Mihai Mocanu (altcumva.ro)
Visual identity: Emilian Mocanu
On stage:
✨Anca Iosif, with a story about the relationship between people and the forest(and especially bears) Beyond all the opinions, what are some of the essential things we should know?
✨Anca Mezei, with an x-ray of the education system, racism and how you really become something in life.
✨Andrada Cilibiu, on the woman's body as a manifesto of freedom, in a personal and vulnerable story. Andrada has been a feminist activist at the FILIA Center since 2019 and fights for a safe and just society for women and girls.
✨Catalina Uță, with a story about injustice in a rigid system, the desire for change, powerlessness and taking responsibility for one's own failure
✨Anca Niță, about what abandonment means and its effects over time. A true story about what caring for the institutionalized looks like and how we can do better
✨ Politica la minut, with a moment of theatrical dialog in which they shed light on why we should care about politics and how these discussions (or lack thereof) affect our daily lives
✨Sabina Baciu, on change, belonging and the future - where the good of the planet is at the center of the conversation. She organizes a festival in Brasov - CULMEA - and works every day to leave behind a better world from an environmental perspective.
✨Simona Ștefaniu, with a story about what makes minors become criminals. In 12 years of work, Simona has convinced herself that it is often just a sum of bad decisions or bad choices
✨Simona Deleganu, with a reinterpretation of "Leliță Mărioară" and "Dor", which healed our souls and brought us closer to ourselves.