German Studies Program Presents
After 30 Years—The Fall of the Berlin Wall Film Screening and Discussion
Monday, November 11, 2019
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Jürgen Böttcher
Die Mauer / The Wall & short films
Discussion with German Studies students and eminent essayist Uwe KolbeDie Mauer / The Wall & short films
Jürgen Böttcher’s striking documentary Die Mauer (The Wall, 1990) is praised as the unparalleled masterpiece on the fall of the Berlin Wall. The acclaimed filmmaker and painter explores the meaning of the Wall in the historical moment of its disappearance as the dividing line between East and West. The film portrays the Berlin Wall as a monument and canvas on which German histories are being projected. Böttcher’s film Die Mauer received the Golden Camera at the Berlin Film Festival and has been shown all over the world, including at MoMA, New York. The screening will also include a selection of rarely seen short films by Jürgen Böttcher.
Uwe Kolbe is an eminent poet, essayist, writer of prose, and translator. His first volume of poetry, Hineingeboren (Born Into), appeared in East Berlin in 1980. The increasingly critical nature of his writing led to a ban on publication in the GDR soon after. During the early 1980s, he edited the underground journal Mikado. Eventually, he was permitted to travel abroad and lived between Hamburg and East Berlin. Uwe Kolbe is author of 13 books of poetry and recipient of many prestigious prizes. He also was a writer in residence at the University of Texas Austin and at Oberlin College. His collection of essays, Vineta’s Archives (2012), received the distinguished Heinrich-Mann-Award by the Academy of Arts Berlin.
For more information, call 845-758-7363, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema