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THANK YOU for attending our virtual film festival showcasing films by and discussions with Black German filmmakers, actors, scholars and activists! Recordings of all five events are now available in our FILMBOX Digital Teaching Archive. |
Political Experiments, Rebel Youth and Civil Unrest
This virtual Summer Film Institute will take place June 13-20, 2021, and will be accompanied by a virtual film series June 13-27. |
On May 16, 1946 the founding of the DEFA Studio in the Soviet Occupation Zone got official approval. In 2021, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of this occasion with a wide range of new programs and resources! |
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Midnight Revue
Famous producer Otto Kruse brags that he will produce a successful, new kind of revue film. When the project is close to failing, he orders his stage manager to “do what it takes.” Soon his young female assistant finds...
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Samuel Claxton – Celluloid and Solidarity: Or How a Cuban Star Worked for DEFA
Samuel Claxton is a popular Cuban actor. In this interview, he remembers the production of the DEFA’s The Light on the Gallows, based on Anna Seghers’ eponymous novel. He shares colorful anecdotes about his trip to East...