After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.
The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating ...
A ship from the GDR fishing fleet is on its way home. The work is done, the hold full of fish. Capta...
In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east ...
In 1987, a small film distributor from Frankfurt/Main brings the film "Dirty Dancing" to West German...
Bosnian Croat writer Miljenko Jergović and Serbian writer Marko Vidojković replace one another by th...
How did Nazi Germany, from limited natural resources, mass unemployment, little money and a damaged ...
Paul Robeson was a celebrated African-American Actor, Athlete, Singer, Writer, and Civil Rights Acti...
An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother ...
The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...
In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried a...
Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fig...
Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physician...
Hilde's restaurant is booming! Hilde and her colleagues can look forward to plenty of customers with...
A research-based essay film, but also a very personal perspective on the history of socialist Yugosl...
"A Home On The Range" tells the little-known story of Jews who fled the pogroms and hardships of Eas...
Ben Stewart, the bright young musician and philosopher who brought us the sleeper hit "Esoteric Agen...
Jesus Was a Commie presents modern society with questions and leads the audience on a dialectical jo...
A group of friends embark on a camping trip for a ten-year high school reunion. Their celebration so...
After Alicia's obsessive ex-husband Victor is released from prison, she is determined to protect her...