Film: Think Herzog!

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Colloquium for Unpopular Culture present "Think Herzog," to mark the publication of Richard Eldrige's book Werner Herzog: Filmmaker and Philosopher. Richard Eldridge will be in conversation with fellow Herzogian David LaRocca about seeing and knowing and laughing, about flares and abysses, about indifference and the sky. "Academia stifles cinema, encircling it like a liana vine wraps round a…

Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

Unlike the Federal Republic, by 1968 the German Democratic Republic’s penal code had de-criminalized homosexuality. But the “workers’ and farmers’ state” did not exactly welcome its gay and lesbian citizens with open arms; their sexuality was taboo and they were often marginalized from public life. The generation of gay men and women who had seen the war and were now…

“Wackersdorf”: Film Screening and Conversation between Oliver Haffner and Christian Martin

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU, in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, presents a screening of the film Wackersdorf (2018), a true story of community, taking a stand against injustice and corruption, and being a local-level politician taking on a much stronger governing power. Oliver Haffner, director of the film, will be present at the screening. Following the screening, Oliver Haffner…

Film: Human with a Stool

DCTV 87 Lafayette Street, New York, NY, New York, NY, United States

«Human with a Stool» goes on a tour across the cities of the US. The authors will present the film, and answer questions about the creative process. The screening and Q&A in New York Date and start Time: April 12, 7pm Address: DCTV 87 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013 «Human with a Stool» – an adventure documentary film about…

Film Screening & Discussion. Hunger for Truth: The Rhea Clyman Story

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University for a screening of the film Hunger for Truth (2017), directed by Andrew Tkach. Professor Yuri Shevchukwill introduce the film and mediate the discussion. Hunger for Truth tells the story of Rhea Clyman, a brave Canadian reporter who uncovered a “crime of the century”— Stalin’s genocidal famine in Ukraine of 1932-33, also known as the…

Film: From Jim Crow to Swastika

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

General: $10 ($7 for seniors) The recent uptick in antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and racist rhetoric have created a burst of new interest in the acclaimed documentary, From Swastika to Jim Crow. Based on the book by Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb, the film tells the little-known story of two very different cultures, sharing a common burden of oppression. In the 1930s, German universities were…

Film screening: The Distant Barking of Dogs

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

Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont, 2017, 90 min, Denmark/Sweden/Finland. "The Distant Barking of Dogs" is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war. The film follows the life of 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg throughout a year, witnessing the gradual erosion of his innocence beneath the pressures of war. Oleg lives with his beloved grandmother, Alexandra, in the small village…

Film: Makala

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Emmanuel Gras, 2018, 96 min. To RSVP, please click here. Makala is an extraordinarily revealing and surprisingly gorgeous look at everyday life for a charcoal salesman in the Democratic Republic of Congo. French documentary filmmaker Emmanuel Gras follows 28-year-old Kabwita Kasongo through the entire process of making and selling charcoal: finding and cutting down a tree in the vast plains near his village…

Film: Me and Kominski

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

"You are famous. You wanted to be. Being famous means having someone like me." - Sebastian Zöllner Germany just before the turn of the millenium. Sebastian Zöllner (Daniel Brühl), art journalist and master of overconfidence, plans his big coup: a tell-all book about the legendary but nearly forgotten painter Manel Kaminski (Jesper Christensen), student of Matisse and friend of Picasso,…

Film: “Emilie Kempin-Spyri”: Film Screening and Talk by Rahel Grunder

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU, in partnership with the Consulate General of Switzerland New York and SALA (Swiss American Lawyers Association), presents a screening of the Swiss documentary Emilie Kempin-Spyri. Rahel Grunder, the film's director, will be present and speak about her film and the life of Emilie Kempin-Spyri. About the film: Emilie Kempin-Spyri. Written and directed by Rahel Grunder. Switzerland, 2015, 52. min, in German with…