Underplayed Gems

Go west (1996)

Go west poster
Directed by
Erik Thygesen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
33 min
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How it feels

This documentary explores how the rural region of West Jutland in Denmark transformed from poverty and isolation to economic parity with the rest of the country. The filmmaker, who grew up there, uses his own family history to look at the mix of tradition and new ideas in areas like education, business, and public-private cooperation.

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What happens

Go west er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1996, der er instrueret af Erik Thygesen. For blot 30-40 år siden var Vestjylland præget af fattigdom og isolation. I dag er området økonomisk på omgangshøjde med resten af landet, nye ideer afprøves indenfor uddannelse og erhvervsliv samt i samspillet mellem det private og det offentlige. Journalist og forfatter Erik Thygesen tager seerne med til Vestjylland, hvor han selv er vokset op. Med udgangspunkt i sin egen familiehistorie beskriver han dynamikken mellem tradition og eksperiment i det moderne Vestjylland. Han besøger en fårehyrde, en minkfarmer, en højteknologisk virksomhed, unge erhvervsfolk og overværer et forsøg med at kombinere to-vejsvideo og computerbaseret undervisning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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