Jonas N.T. Becker

Class Struggle is a film project that explores the transmission of politics across generations. This ongoing project unfolds in chapters with different topics, characters, and filming strategies that can be presented together or stand alone. In one chapter, Becker and their mother play the 1978 board game Class Struggle, a socialist version of Monopoly. In another chapter (chapter 4), an interview with Becker’s mother discussing the impact of her involvement in the political movements of the 1960s and 70s is intercut with footage of the family, including her grandchild. She ultimately resolves that the ideas and values she instilled in the next generation are one of her greatest legacies.