Guide of Torture (2019)

In GUIDE OF TORTURE Sander Jürisson, Exhibition manager of the KGB prison cells ponders how telling stories of the tortured affects his understanding of freedom.
VABAMU, Museum of Occupations and Freedom Exhibition manager Sander Jürissons daily life consists of stories about tortured Estonians in the KGB prison cells in Tallinn between 1940-1959.
Documentary flickers between present and the past. The past comes alive through dramatizations of the prisoners life and archive materials. The present is shown by Sanders interviews in KGB prison cells. Through dramatizations, the documentary creates a feeling that the viewer is a prisoner being interrogated in the KGB prison cells. Location of the dramatizations and interviews in the documentary is KGB prison cells at Pagari 1, Tallinn.
Through the documentary Sander understands how mutch his work has influenced his conception of the value of freedom.