TEACHING GUIDESfor selected DEFA films |
The DEFA Film Library Turns 30! |
Stream + Rent Soon2023-24 |
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The fifth in our line of teaching guides to help teachers incorporate selected DEFA films into their classes! Our Teaching Guide #5 for Trace of Stones was developed by Juliane Wuensch (Skidmore College). The teaching guides are supported by the DEFA-... |
This year marks our 30th anniversary! After signing a UMass Memorandum of Understanding, Prof. Barton Byg signed contracts with the German partners, thus marking the official founding of the DEFA Film Library. Here are some highlights of our 30th-anniversary program. |
The DEFA Film Library will release the following newly digitized documentaries, feature and animation films in 2023-24. All titles will be available for educational streaming and rental. Stay tuned for the release dates. |
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Our Children
From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as goths, skinheads, anti-skins, punks and neo-Nazis were dismissed as social...
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Three Letters
Three international students write letters home about their time in East Germany. Antonio Dega, a Cuban studying shipbuilding, writes home about the beauty of the Baltic Sea and studying in German. Julienne, from Togo,...