One Germany - The Other Side of the Wall

Leipzig Screening 08. Oktober

adminog — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:11:21 +0000

Thank you to all who attended. Thanks to Daniel Kosthorst for moderating the Q&A. Also, thanks to Sylvia Goessel.

Galerie 7B Erfurt

adminog — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:49:37 +0000

We enjoyed the discussion last night after the screening at the Galerie 7B. Thanks to those who came out. The spargel and beer afterwards at the Augustiner Keller in Efrurt Altstadt was almost as good!

Weimar Screening at Lichthauskino

adminog — Tue, 31 May 2011 16:27:06 +0000

Jena Screenings Sold Out

adminog — Tue, 31 May 2011 04:52:35 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out to support us in Jena at the Schillerhof Theater. Thanks to Daniel Krishker for moderating the Q&A.

Both screenings were sold out.

After twenty years of reunification, is Germany still divided?

adminog — Sun, 15 May 2011 03:30:33 +0000

Why do many Germans from the east still speak of themselves as “Ossis” and refer to their cousins from the West as “Wessis?” Will they ever really become one country?

After reunification, life went on in the West virtually unchanged. But for those in the East, life as they knew it ceased to exist. People read their Stasi files and learned that best friends and spouses had betrayed them. Friendships were destroyed. Many lost their jobs and with their jobs, their identity. Despite all of the negatives associated with the cruel regime of the former East Germany, many are experiencing “Ostalgia” – a nostalgia for the old times. They still love their two-stroke, smoke belching Trabis. Former Stasi prisoners, dissidents, politicians, artists, comedians, Ossis, and Wessis all put their spin on a wide range of issues.

Original footage of East German life shot by the filmmakers is interwoven with gripping personal stories.

Background

adminog — Sun, 15 May 2011 02:57:52 +0000

Twenty years ago, one year after the Berlin Wall fell, filmmakers Gabriele and Mark Hayes produced a documentary about the impact of German reunification on everyday life. This documentary was seen some twenty years later by Justinian Jampol, director of the Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War in Los Angeles.

The Wende Museum was looking for an event to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the reunification of Germany. A documentary would be ideal. Gabriele and Mark agreed. They had been thinking of producing a new documentary combining some of their older footage with new material that would include interviews with politicians, musicians, comedians, and everyday “ Ossis” and Wessis.” Now they had a goal – to finish the project in time for a Wende Museum event commemorating the twentieth anniversary of German reunification.

They began shooting One Germany, The Other Side of the Wall in June of 2010 and a rough cut was finished in time to screen at the Wende Museum event on October 3, 2010.

Press

Dallas Morning News Article, November 2009	TLZ Article, November 2009
LVZ Article, October 2010	TLZ Article, August 2010
TLZ Article, May 2011	LVZ Article, June 2011
TLZ Article, July 7, 2011