Film: Anna & Edith

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City

Anna and Edith work together at an insurance company and get closer as they fight the patriarchy at home and in the office. This 1970s classic was the first film to show a love story between two women in a positive light on German television. We are excited to present it for the first time with English subtitles, produced by…

Spanish Republican Exile / Intimate Portraits: Las Sinsombrero (2015)

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York

Las Sinsombrero (2015) Documentary , Dir. Tània Balló, Manuel Jiménez Núñez, Serrana Torres Runtime: 56 minutes In Spanish, with English subtitles. US premiere Las Sinsombrero recovers the legacy and memory of a group of women who lived during the first decades of the 20th Century, demonstrating how their ideas, work, and actions were and are fundamental for understanding the culture…

Film: Golden Sting

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York

This sports drama explores the turbulent history of basketball in the former Czechoslovakia amid the social turmoil caused by various dictatorships. In this environment, fair play gets thrown out the window. Golden Sting takes us back to the period before World War II to the year 1938, and leads up to the year 1951 when Czechoslovakia was ultimately and firmly…