TEACHING GUIDESfor selected DEFA films |
HIDDEN FIGURES:Blackness and Black Experiences in East Germany |
A Berlin Wall Piece on UMass CampusEvent Series in March and April |
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The fourth in our new line of Teaching Guides to help teachers incorporate selected DEFA films into their classes! Our Teaching Guide for The Architects was developed by Carol Anne Costabile-Heming (Univ. of North Texas) and Juliane Schicker (Carleton... |
The 2023 Summer Film Institute will take place June 11-17, co-directed by Priscilla Layne (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Evan Torner (Univ. of Cincinnati), with a keynote lecture by Katharina Warda (Dunkeldeutschland). |
UMass received a segment of the Berlin Wall painted by acclaimed French artist Thierry Noir, entitled “The Power of Creativity Over Concrete.” In the 1980s, Noir risked arrest by East German authorities by painting illicitly on the west side of the Wall, which was built 3 meters beyond the western border. |
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35 Photos
A woman born in 1949, the year the GDR was founded, talks about her life based on 35 images in her family album that each represent one year. This short was to premiere on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of East Germany...
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Strong Bonds Unite Us
Party Secretary Erich Honecker and leading members of the East German government visited Cuba in 1980. This film shows their meetings with Fidel Castro and Cuban workers, as well as displays of industrialization and progress...