Gerhard Jentsch

And Everyone Had a Name

This documentary about the Buchenwald concentration camp features interviews with survivors who describe their memories and experiences. The antifascist resistance movement within the camp played an important role in East German memorialization of this site; the interviews were edited to be consistant with the official version of the camp's history. Commissioned by the National Buchenwald Remembrance and Memorial Center.

Hirde Dyama

The first Hirde Dyama National Festival of Culture of the Republic of Guinea was held in March 1970 in the country's capital city of Conakry. The film features many colorful and diverse performances and highlights the protection of traditional West African cultural traditions and art forms under President Ahmed Sékou Touré.

A Berlin Romance

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West. But she also loves the bright shop windows in his part of the city. The flashiness of this new world soon evaporates, however, when Hans loses his job.