Jumana Manna #3

The Goodness Regime

  • Jumana Manna
  • Sille Storihle
  • 2013
  • Norway, United Arab Emirates, Palestine
  • 21'
  • English, Norwegian
  • © Jumana Manna
    © Jumana Manna
  • © Jumana Manna
    © Jumana Manna
  • © Jumana Manna
    © Jumana Manna

An experimental documentary exploring the myths and images that have enabled an understanding of Norway as a nation of peace and benevolence. The binding element is a series of enactments by children that recount the myths, historical events and cultural personas that have propelled the image of Norway as a peace nation. These stagings are weaved together with archival footage, political speeches and voice-overs from Hollywood films describing the quintessential Norway. In a satirical deconstruction of the Goodness Regime that permeates Norwegian society, Manna and Storihle explore the moral dilemmas embedded within the history of one of the wealthiest nations on earth.

Jumana Manna is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Jerusalem and Berlin.Through sculpture, filmmaking, and writing, Manna deals with the paradoxes of preservation practices, particularly within the fields of architecture, agriculture and law. Her practice considers the tension between the modernist traditions of categorisation and conservation and the unruliness of ruination, life and its regeneration. Manna is Moving Image Associate Chair at Bard’s MFA program, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. She was previously a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, and has taught at Homeworks Space Program, Beirut and Birzeit University, Palestine. Jumana is represented by Hollybush Gardens Gallery, and her films are distributed by LUX.

  • Subtitles : original version with English subtitles
  • Production : Jumana Manna, Sille Storihle
  • Print Contact : Jumana Manna / jumana.manna@gmail.com
  • Photography : Jumana Manna, Sille Storihle, Yaniv Linton
  • Sound : Jumana Manna, Sille Storihle
  • Editing : Jumana Manna