Friday, 8 May 2015 - Friday 12 June 2015; Goethe-Institut London
DOCUMENTING NAZI ATROCITIES - EARLY FILMS ON THE LIBERATION OF THE CAMPS
In the early months after the liberation of Germany, the Allied programme of ‘re-education’ aimed to confront the German population with their responsibility for the rise of National Socialism and its extermination policies. Moving image played an important role in this process.
This series of six programmes brings together films made by the Allied Powers between 1944 and 1946 that document the liberation of the camps and bear witness to the atrocities committed against Jews, Roma and Sinti, and other groups declared as ‘undesirable’ and not part of the Nazi vision of a homogenous German society. The series will also include later films such as 'Night and Fog' by Alain Resnais or 'Henchman Glance' by Chris Marker that became milestones in the use of archive footage through their new approaches to such images.
Introductions by historians and film experts will provide the historical context and address the various debates that have arisen around the representation of the victims. In particular, the talks will examine the recording and editing of the filmed ‘images of atrocity’ in the initial productions and their later reworking in subsequent films as archive footage.
A Panel discussion on 5 June will provide the opportunity to explore issues that have arisen during the screenings and introductions in more depth.
A an additional screening and panel discussion in the week starting 8 June (exact date tbc) will relate the debates about the early holocaust films to more recent films dealing with violence and atrocities in a wider global context.
For full programme Details, please visit the Goethe-Institut website.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/ver/en14139659v.htm?edit=124847
Curated by Thomas Tode.
In collaboration with IWM London (Imperial War Museums London), the University of Essex, Queen Mary, University of London, and the Institut français du Royaume-Uni.
Goethe-Institut London, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH
Tickets: £3 per individual programme, free for language students and library members, booking essential.
Booking: +44 2075964000
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