Berlin Weekend
Come spend a long-weekend in Berlin with three days of documentaries, films, collected videos and art about Germany's capital city and a place known by the locals as "sexy but poor".

Jan. 20, 2012

Berlin in Colour, 1936

Nazi propaganda film which has some of the earliest colour material of the city

The Live Music Show - Germany Awesome 1965-1985

Germany Awesome 1965-1985, curated by Markus Fiedler

Doc - Tresor

A short look at the legacy of Tresor in the early 2000's.

Talk Show - Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen was hugely popular in East Berlin as a child before her family emigrated to the West under exceptional circumstances

Movie - One, Two, Three

James Cagney gives one of the richest, funniest, most breathlessly paced performances of his career in this Billy Wilder comedy that defrosts the Cold War with gales of laughter!

Jan. 21, 2012

Art - Christoph Doering: 3302 – Taxi Film (1979)

a taxi ride through berlin in 1979 with funky faces and music

(1979)
Karajan and the Berliner Philharmonie Orchester

Intermission with one of the finest classical orchestras on spaceship earth

The Films of Hans Richter

A selection of short films by the highly influential and innovative avant-garde filmmaker Hans Richter

Doc - Frederick The Great

Turns out *you know who* was a big Freddie the Great fan...

Menschen Am Sonntag (1930)

Follows the lives of a group of residents of Berlin on a summer's day during the interwar period

(1930)

Jan. 22, 2012

Movie - Christiane F. (1981)

Follows a 14yr old junkie around the streets of Berlin in the 70s. Music by David Bowie

(1981)
Doc - Bauhaus (1975)

Great doc on the history, methods, and achievements of Bauhaus.

(1975)
Collection - Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill

A collection of classic compositions by Kurt Weill sung by his wife and most famous interpreter of his work, Lotte Lenya

Talk Show - Nastassja Kinski (1982)

Very awkward interview with Nastassja Kinski on David Letterman's show in 1982

(1982)