Autority & Alterity in East German Movies. Political Experiments, Rebel Youth and Civil Unrest
20 Films | 3 Live Zoom Events with Directors | 7 Video Introductions
Twenty full-length and short films, created between 1952 and 2019, which highlight issues of authority and alterity in former East Germany. Three Live Zoom Events with Directors—on June 13, 16 and 18—and video film introductions. Many films are North American premieres.
Feature, documentary and animation films show the wide range of different lifestyles and subcultures that existed in the former GDR, as well as addressing environmental and other issues. Films made through 1990 demonstrate how East German filmmakers addressed state values and proscriptions, as well as differences among East Germans. More recent films show how filmmakers are addressing the East German past.
Sunday, June 13, 1:00-4:00 pm (ET)
The festival opens with a screening of the award-winning 1989 documentary
Our Children and a Zoom discussion with director Roland Steiner. Moderated by Seth Howes (Univ. of Missouri) and Mariana Ivanova (UMass Amherst).
Wednesday, June 16, 2:00-3:30 pm (ET)
Director Annekatrin Hendel will discuss her 2019 documentary
Beauty & Decay with art historian Sara Blaylock (UMN Duluth).
Friday, June 18, 2:00-3:30 pm (ET)
Director Jörg Foth will discuss his feature film
Biology! and the East German environmental movement with Reinhild Steingröver (Univ. of Rochester).
List of Films:
The Airship
The Baldheaded Gang
Beauty & Decay
Biology!
Blue Bandanas in the Summer Wind
Consequence
The Dove on the Roof
Draped in White
And Fridays at the Green Hell
The Full Circle
Hercules Video
Isabel on the Stairs
Last to Know
Memory of a Landscape - For Manuela
The Mistake
The Monument
Operation Auditor
Our Children
Sunday
Yell Once a Week
Organized and presented by the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst.
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