THE GINGER CONNECTION

Director's statement:
I have kind of seen gingers like bus drivers all of my life: they all have something in common and in a public space they can look at each other and just knod, no words,  they understand each other. To me it felt like there was some kind of connection, I wanted to research this and make a (dance) film about it. Gingers are all born in this red uniform so they have to deal with what comes with that uniform their whole life. Play the part. To some extend they are the everlasting outsiders, to another they are not, because they have this strong connection to other red haired people that ‘normal’ people don’t have. (Thomas Bos)

Curator's comment:
Beyond the group movement, THE GINGER CONNECTION is the story of a reddish individual, which perceives his peculiarities strongly, thus the pleasure to imagine the heroines of classical black and white films as being reddish or listening to classical music to reduce the guilt in moments of sexual self-satisfaction. The link between classical and modern values is about as subtle as the transition from running to dance. The desire of the readhead to belong is finally fulfilled in a fresh sports dance, synchronized with his fellows.(Gabriela Lupu, BIEFF)