Scensko čitanje dramskog teksta Children Falling kosovske spisateljice Doruntine Basha, koji se razvija u okviru CERC programa u saradnji s organizacijama Heartefact Kosovo i Heartefact Serbia, predstavljeno je u junu 2025. godine u okviru DramatikerInnenfestivala u Grazu.
Tekst osvjetljava jedno od najmračnijih poglavlja novije historije Kosova: navodno trovanje hiljada albanske školske djece 1990. godine. U središtu nije pitanje uzroka, već potisnuta patnja djece. Zasnovan na intervjuima s preživjelima, ljekarima i svjedocima tog vremena, tekst donosi njihove priče – fragmentirane, emotivne i često kontradiktorne, baš kao i njihova sjećanja.
Kroz formu ispitivanja Children Falling pokazuje na koji način su njihova iskustva obezvređivana. U središte stavlja ljude čija su iskustva decenijama bila ignorisana i osporavana te njihovu potisnutu perspektivu na snažan način prenosi na pozorišnu scenu.
Projekat CERC podržava Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
A staged reading of Children Falling, a play by Kosovar playwright Doruntina Basha, developed within the CERC programme in collaboration with Heartefact Kosovo and Heartefact Serbia, was presented in June 2025 as part of the DramatikerInnenfestival in Graz.
The play sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Kosovo’s recent history: the alleged poisoning of thousands of Albanian schoolchildren in 1990. Rather than focusing on the question of what caused it, the play centres on the suppressed suffering of the children. Based on interviews with survivors, doctors and eyewitnesses, the text tells their stories – fragmented, emotional and often contradictory, much like their memories themselves.
Through the form of interrogations, Children Falling reveals how their experiences were dismissed and invalidated. It places at its centre the people whose experiences were ignored and questioned for decades, bringing their suppressed perspective powerfully to the stage.
The CERC project is supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.