• One Word

  • Dec 20 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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One Word

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  • Every day, in Hamburg, Germany, Annette Venebrügge wakes up to a single word emailed from her friend Tina Oehmsen-Clark in Toronto. And every evening, she sends one back. No sentences, no stories — just one carefully chosen word, and always in German. What started as a simple pandemic project between two art school friends has grown into an archive of over 3,000 words.


    In her documentary "One Word," CBC producer Alisa Siegel explores how this linguistic game has transformed a friendship one word at a time. The game is part time capsule, part diary and part art project. Because as Annette says, each word makes her a witness to her friend's existence.


    Produced by Alisa Siegel and story edited by Joan Webber / originally aired on The Current.

    Storylines is part of the CBC Audio Doc Unit

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