Blok 5

Where: Skálin
Duration: 2 hours

Nuuk, March 14, 1970. A powerful gas explosion in Block 5 claims the lives of 11 people, injures many more, and shakes all of Greenland.

This tragic chapter in Greenland’s history forms the basis for the documentary Blok 5, created by Anders Berthelsen. The film is the result of six years of work, with a strong focus on authentic material to portray the time around the explosion as accurately as possible.

The film also tells the story of Eli Damberg, a craftsman who survived the explosion.

At the screening, Anders Berthelsen will introduce the film together with Klaus Georg Hansen, who will provide a brief historical introduction to the period 1950–1979. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for questions and discussion.

About Anders Berthelsen
(b. 1980) has run the company Made in Nuuk Production since 2009. He is an experienced cameraman, sound technician, and drone operator, and he handles post-production himself. Anders has worked on productions for, among others, Netflix, National Geographic, and DR, and has also created music videos, commercials, podcasts, and live broadcasts. Blok 5 (2020) was his first independent documentary film, and he is currently working on several new documentary projects.

About Klaus Georg Hansen
(b. 1961) holds a mag.art. and cand.mag. in anthropology and Greenlandic language and culture from Aarhus University (1992), and earned a PhD in Greenland’s colonial history from Aalborg University (2016). He has researched and published on topics such as colonial history, urbanization, societal development, and political history in Greenland. Since 2023, he has run KGH Productions, producing both documentary and fiction films. Klaus was co-producer on the Greenlandic-Czech short film Oqaluttuap Akia (2024).

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