尤利娅

Astoryoffaithanddisbelief.Ofuprootednessandaffiliation.WhatmakesaboyfromartschooldecidetoleavehomeandliveasagirlonthestreetsofBerlinsellingherbodyformoney?Formorethantenyears,photographerandfilmmakerJ.JackieBaierfollowedtranssexualJuliaK.fromherbirthplace,KlaipedainLithuania,tohertoughlifeonthestreetsasahooker,outlawandnonconformistwhoneversignedanysocialcontract.　　"Juliaismissingagain.YesterdayIvisitedherintheporncinema,inwhereshehascrashedforthelastsixmonths.Wesatinthecommonroomofthehookers,whichdoubledasJulia´sbedroom;asmoky,dingybasementwithoutanydaylight,roughlythesizeofaprisoncell,withacouch,acounter,acoffeemachineandaTV,outofwhichsomecheaptelevisionseriesblaredatfullvolume.Thisroomwaswhatherlifewaslimitedto.SheonlyleftitwhenMamsellcalledherforaclient.I´dseenherfortheveryfirsttimewhileshestillworkedatabarinWilmersdorf.Forsometimewebothworkedthere,temptingclientswithbooze,offersofsex,whateverwouldbringinmoney.Isoonleftthebusiness,though.ThemadamwassimplynotconvincedthatIwasagoodhookerandactuallyshewasright-eventhoughIlearnedalotbywatchingJulia.Juliawassoontobeoutaswell.Shedidn´treallygetalonginthatjoint.Themadamhadsomekindofstyle,whileJuliajusthadherstyle.Itjustcouldn´twork.AfterwardstheysaidthatJuliawasalwaysdrunk,butthatcan´thavebeenthereason,sinceifshehadalwaysbeendrunk,itprobablywouldhaveworkedoutwiththeboss,whowaschronicallydrunkherself,afterall.AboutayearlaterImetJuliaagain.IwasridingonabustoSchöneberg,andshewasatthecornerofFroben-andBülow-hustlingatthestrip.WedrankacoupleofbeersatBianca´skioskandsheaskedatsomepointifIwouldn´tmindtakingsomepicturesofheragain.Ididn´thavemypropercameraonme,justmymobile.ItooksomeshotsandonceIleft,promisedtoreturn.WhenIwentbacktwonightslater,thistimewithmycamera,Juliahadvanished.Atthekiosktheysaidthatshewasdead,probablyfrozentodeathsomewhere.Butthenshereappeared."[J.JackieBaier,2006]　　J.JackieBaier(b.1955inKiel,Germany)receivedanMAinLiteratureattheUniversityofEssenin1982.Sheworkedasassistantdirectoronfilmsby,amongothers,PetervonZahn,MichaelLentz,andAdolfWinkelmann,andmadeseveraldocumentaries.In1983shemadeherfeaturedirectorialdebutwithDieMission-FilmvomFriedenundseinemKrieg(whichpremieredattheBerlinale(Forum).From1985to1988shewroteanddirectedtwotelevisionmoviesforZDF,DieSplitterderEisbombeandFrühstückfürFeinde.ShehasdirectedTVseriessince1995.Shehadasexchangein1997;JohannaJackieBaierwasofficiallyawoman.Shestartedtoexperimentextensivelywithphotographyandhasexhibitedherworkatnationalandinternationalartfairs.In2006,shepresentedaselectionofphotographsandashortfilmaspartofthegroupshowSEXWORK(NeueGesellschaftfürbildendeKunst,Berlin).In2011Baier´sfeature-lengthdocumentaryHouseofShamepremieredatthe61stBerlinInternationalFilmFestival.　　2013Julia(doc)　　2011HouseofShame:ChantalAllNightLong(doc)　　1988FrühstückFürFeinde　　1984/85DieSplitterDerEisbombe　　1983DieMission-FilmvomFriedenundseinemKrieeee