DEFA Film Library turns 25!25 Screenings for 25% Off |
Culture in the Cold War:East German Art, Music and Film |
MUTTERKUCHENSelected Works by Anke Feuchtenberger |
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We’d like to celebrate our 25th anniversary with you! PLEASE JOIN US! The first 25 people to contact us about screening one of our films at their cinema, cultural institution, university or college in 2018 will get 25% off our regular screening fee! |
This NEH Institute for College and University Teachers will take place at UMass Amherst from June 17 to July 14, 2018. Applications due March 1, 2018. Culture in the Cold War |
The first major solo exhibition in the U.S. by German graphic artist Anke Feuchtenberger. Curated by UMass MFA student Bibiana Medkova, selected works by Feuchtenberger will be on display at the Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst from June 26 through July 13, 2018. |
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DVD Releases
Held for Questioning
In the fall of 1945, only a few months after WWII, 19-year-old German POW Mark Niebuhr arrives with other prisoners at a train station near Warsaw. When a Polish woman accuses him of being the Nazi officer who killed her daughter, Mark is thrown into a Kafkaesque nightmare of accusations and persecution—first in solitary confinement, then among...
Film rentals
The Breakdown
The driver of a small car is asked to tow a broken-down vehicle, but gets rather more than he expected – a whole state motorcade. The directors originally included tanks after the last cars, but had to change this ending to get the film past the censors. This short film is available for purchase or streaming as part of the collection...