Screaming City: West Berlin 1980s

Beyond Borders Program VIII: Germany

Supported in part by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council

Apr. 20 + 21 - 12:00 am

$7 Suggested Donation

Curator-In-Attendance

Cinema Project @ Clinton Street Theater

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About This Screening

In the decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a vast number of films were produced in and about West Berlin, dealing with the ambivalent realities of the enclosed city. No longer was it about devoting oneself to the World Revolution, but rather about implementing alternative life-styles, which gave rise to social resistance, strident underground cultures, and sexual border-crossing. For many young filmmakers, the super-8 medium facilitated the production of low cost and truly independent films. The technical limitations tended to embody a strong means of spontaneity and purposeful dilettantism, while being easily distributed and shown in underground cinemas, clubs, and cafes. Curator Stefanie Schulte-Strathaus of Berlin’s Arsenal brings with her to Portland a selection of experimental films from this dynamic and complex period of our recent past.