Beckermann's parents met in Vienna after the Holocaust. Tracing the migratory paths of her family before World War II, Beckerman returns to the European Jewish communities which inspired her childhood stories.

Franz West (1909-85) remembers his youth in Vienna: the variety of the Jewish population of the so called Matzah-Island, his commitment to the worker’s movement of the Red Vienna and the rise of Austro-fascism and National Socialism. West’s masterly narration combined with impressing archive footage illustrate and elucidate the complex Austrian history between WW1 and WW2.

Der Wiener hat so seine Eigenheiten: Oft verläßt er seine angestammten paar Dutzend Quadratmeter Stadtgebiet nur äußerst ungern, weil er dort täglich dieselben Locations (meist Kaffeehäuser) frequentiert und sich so einen Mikrokosmos aus freundschaftlichen Beziehungen und vertrauten Umgebungen schafft. Ruth Beckermann ist vielleicht so ein Fall - jedenfalls vermittelt ihr Film "Homemad(e)" diesen Eindruck.

Initially, there's that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers "We're free!" as if Barack Obama's victory meant the ultimate end of slavery. AMERICAN PASSAGES is an associative journey through the United States: a disillusioned Iraq veteran, gay adoptive fathers, black judges, white party animals and a pimp at a casino table in Las Vegas. The extreme contrasts of black and white, rich and poor, winners and losers are often as surprising as the meaning of the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness in these times of crisis. An epic panorama of America.

「无论何物，出于自然的创造，都是好的，一经人手，便弄坏了。」不管有否读过《爱弥儿》，当镜头对准尚未被「污染」的孩子，随着和师长的互动、孩子间的交流，观众可会领略纯真的无限可能？露芙柏克曼继《好色情荼毒室》再施展直接图像魔法，被拍者不再排排坐，而是跳跳扎，出入各式课堂——算术、劳作、宗教、游泳、性教育……不一而足。尽管教育资源严重不足，在老师悉心培育下，廿五名多种族新移民小学生的三个学年，充分彰示成长何谓，教化何为。

记录了联合国第四任秘书长同时也是奥地利总统库尔特·瓦尔德海姆的生平。他曾因为与纳粹交好而在世界范围内饱受争议。