Unofficial marriage(s)
A review of political art in a film.
|03.04.2018
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History has taught us that love is stronger than hatred, and that it can unite in a better and more just way. It makes space for everyone.
Now we have a common war against systems that extort and governments that are greedy and do not care about us, despite our sexual orientation, or the beliefs that we have chosen to follow, or our civility. The differences we have with our governments are bigger and more serious than the inexistent difference that we claim exists between us.
He goes to his wife in handcuffs, but in reality he is chained by society’s invisible chains of fear.
There is no recipe for change. We achieve change by asking questions. That is particularly where “Martesa” strikes.
Gresa Hasa
Gresa Hasa is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Shota, an Albanian feminist magazine. She is an independent publicist, regularly contributing political commentary in Albanian, regional and often international media. Previously, she was engaged in grassroots political organizing in Albania. She currently resides in Vienna, Austria, where she continues her academic and professional career.
This story was originally written in Albanian.