In this loosely curated selection of films, East German filmmakers explore the ephemeral and the forgotten. With great empathy and wit, Thomas Heise’s Why Make a Film About These People? documents the lives of the disenfranchised and impoverished youth that mischievously terrorise the streets of Prenzlauer Berg whilst in Nude Photography, Helke Misselwitz highlights the work of photographer Gundula Schulze and her intimacy with her subjects. Finally, as the GDR enters its final years, Eduard Schreiber searches Berlin for the last remnants of Jewish culture in the haunting Traces.
Why make a Film About These People?, Thomas Heise, 1980, 33 mins
Nude Photography, Helke Misselwitz, 1983, 12 mins
Traces, Eduard Schreiber, 1989, 21 mins
Total Running Time: 66 minutes
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