Art and Power:Lutz Dammbeck |
Authority and Alterity in East German Movies:Political Experiments, Rebel Youth and Civil Unrest |
The Founder's Fundfor Student Researchers |
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The DEFA Film Library is very pleased to premiere the complete cinematic oeuvre of German filmmaker and media artist Lutz Dammbeck in North America. |
Tenth biennial Summer Film Institute of the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst May 31 – June 6, 2020 Applications due April 6, 2020 |
The Founder’s Fund, established in honor of retired founding director Barton Byg, aims to support the work of student researchers interested in East German cinema and DEFA Film Library collections. Application guidelines now posted! |
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Theater Work: The Berliner Ensemble at 25
From May to October 1974, Peter Voigt filmed at the Berliner Ensemble (BE) during the 25th anniversary of the theater’s founding. Voigt, a member of the BE himself in the 1950s, interviewed theater technicians who had been...
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It Happened One Summer
Engineer Tom Breitsprecher, who has always been more interested in women than political engagement, reluctantly agrees to supervise a team of young FDJ volunteers who are building a new industrial complex. There, he...