Knistern der Zeit : Christoph Schlingensief und sein Operndorf in Burkina Faso

Christoph Schlingensief, a German film, theatre and opera director had a vision for an opera village in
Africa. Despite cancer, he made regular trips to Burkina Faso, such was his devotion and conviction.
The film tells the story of an impossible project: To build an opera village in Africa, a space combining art and life. The film takes us up close to the man and his architect Francis Kéré. Then everything changed. Schlingensief died in Aug 2010. But his dream lives on.