The Radical Flu Rose Hammer

Women's Day Special - There is no revolution without sexual revolution.

In this epilogue we will get back to a familiar voice, speaking from a dark place, just before sunrise.

Extending outside the borders of Christiania, we reach further north in order to give attention to peripheral pasts. Uncovering the virus that we can’t see, but that spreads itself in a set of instances, situations, actions, the outcomes of which may endure for generations. Our guests Margrethe Pettersen, Cecilia Persson and Timimie Märak tell us their stories through cultural expressions. Themselves, breaking the silence and empowering future generations.

As the second wave of the Spanish flu strikes Kristiania, we meet an ensemble of characters from all corners of society around the dining tables of the city’s busiest restaurant, Dampen in Torggata 8. Special guests: Singh family from Punjab Tandoori in Oslo and Silvia Federici.

It is high summer in Kristiania, the capital city of Norway. The year is 1918. In Frimurerlosjen, the Masonic Grand Lodge, the kitchen is operating at full steam, serving a lavish banquet dinner for 180 wealthy guests. To serve those 180 wealthy guests, you have unnamed workers: the staff have been on their feet all evening catering to the exclusively male party. And there are, as well, some uninvited guests: one is the Spanish Flu. The other, male chauvinism. But in the end, love, and Socialism, wins.

We are in Akersveien, right in front of the Oslo katolske bispedømme, the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Oslo. Casually strolling in the street, a group of important gentlemen exchange
on art and politics, oblivious of The Plague that is ravaging the city, the Spanish Flu. These
gentlemen, Gustav Vigeland, Edvard Munch, Martin Tranmæl and Johan Scharffenberg, are
about to be hammered by the bishop of Norway, Luxemburger Johannes Olav Fallize, for
their decadent lifestyle.