Brothers to Sisters: Välimiehet performing “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves”

A male choir version of Annie Lennox’s and D. A. Stewart’s Sisters Are Doin’ it for Themselves (1985) is performed by the Välimiehet choir: the younger male generation reflects changes in gender roles and masculinity, insofar as the paragon of masculinity has been the role of the man as the family’s breadwinner.

  • Timo Menke
    Director
  • Nils Agdler
    Director
  • Timo Menke
    Writer
  • Nils Agdler
    Writer
  • Timo Menke
    Producer
  • Nils Agdler
    Producer
  • Aleksi Sippola
    Key Cast
    "1. tenori "
  • Janne Metelinen
    Key Cast
    "1. tenori"
  • Antti Leskelä
    Key Cast
    "2. tenori"
  • Jani Peltonen
    Key Cast
    "2. tenori"
  • Guido Ausmaa
    Key Cast
    "1. basso"
  • Mikko Nuorsaari
    Key Cast
    "1. basso"
  • Johannes Tiusanen
    Key Cast
    "2. basso"
  • Ismo Raitakari
    Key Cast
    "2. basso"
  • Teemu Keto
    Key Cast
    "hi-hat sound"
  • Harri Keto
    Key Cast
    "choir leader"
  • Guido Ausmaa
    Key Cast
    "choir leader"
  • Nils Agdler
    Cinematography
  • Timo Menke
    Sound
  • Martin Ekman
    Sound
  • Timo Menke
    Editing
  • Nils Agdler
    Editing
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    Staged musical cover, Art
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
    Oberhausen
    Germany
    May 5, 2018
    Germany Premiere
    Section Distributor (Filmform)
  • Kasseler Dokfest
    Kassel
    Germany
    November 14, 2018
    Kurz und Knapp/Short and Sweet
  • Exground Film Festival Wiesbaden
    Wiesbaden
    Germany
    November 17, 2018
Distribution Information
  • Filmform
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: Theatrical, Video / Disc
Director Biography - Timo Menke, Nils Agdler

Timo Menke was born in Germany, and lives and works in Sweden since 1988. He received a Master of Fine Arts from Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm in 1999. Between 2004 and 2014 he has been teaching as Senior lecturer at the department of art at Konstfack, Stockholm and is currently working as a visual artist and freelance film producer. His editing, compositing and production skills are credited in several short and documentary films; more information at the Swedish Film Database. He is also engaged at the Filmform foundation, the Art Film and Video Archive, in Stockholm, dealing with archiving and distribution of film and video art.

Director/Artist:
Liquid Crystal Effects (2019, 40 min)
A–Ø (2018, 14 min)
Brothers to Sisters: Välimiehet performing “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” (2018, 3:45)
Siberian Trance (2015, 12 min)
Gifted Men (2015, 67 min)
Made in Denmark (2013, 14 min)
Making Film for Cinemas (2012/2013, 5 min)
Flykten från fälten / Fugitives from the Fields (2005, 16 min)
Skala 1:1 (2003, 9 min)
Testfilm for Festivals (2001, 5 min)
Der dritte Raum/Det 3:e rummet (1999, 30 min)
Der Konfabulator (1997, 8 min)
A l´infintif (1996, 6 min)

Film Editor:
Som man brukar säga, by Miriam Bäckström (2015-2018)
Motherfucker, by Miriam Bäckström (2013)
Who Am I?, by Miriam Bäckström (2011)
KIRA CARPELAN, Miriam Bäckström (2007)
Vi bara drömde, by Lena Lucki (2005)
Den första dagen på resten av ditt liv, by Joachim Bergenstråhle (2003)
Staden, by Stefan Wrenfelt (2002)

Animation:
Devil in the mines I-III (Sketch for Mikael Wiström, 2006)
Compadre, by Mikael Wiström (2004)
Esthers bok, by Esaias Baitel (2004)

Sound Editor:
Staden, by Stefan Wrenfelt (2002)

Other Crew:
My Name Is Albert Ayler, by Kasper Collin (2005)

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Director Statement

Timo Menke is an interdisciplinary artist whose primary medium is moving-image. Menke investigates the relationship between the observer and the observed, subject and object, and how cultural identities, social relationships, and bio-political questions relate to desire, power, and body. He graduated from Konstfack in 1999 where he was also an Assistant Professor in the Art Department between 2004-2014. Menke is represented by Moderna Museet Stockholm (Modern Art Museum in Stockholm), Kalmar konstmuseum (Kalmar Art Museum), Pori Art Museum and is distributed by Filmform – The Art Film and Video Archive.