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Sunday, November 21, 1982, 8:00 pm

The New German Documentary Film, Part I

Introduction and commentary by Professor Karl Saurer and Gabrielle Voss

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

800 Chestnut Street

San Francisco, CA, 94133

Films: Floez Dickebank (1974-75) by Johannes Fluetsch, Klaus Hele, Marlis Kallweit, 67 min.; Antonio (1974) by Hans Rolf Strobel, 16 min.

Documentary filmmaking underwent radical changes of style and approach in Germany during the 1960s. Portable equipment made ‘verité’ spontaneity possible, and filmmakers began dealing with issues of the blue collar and underprivileged classes, with results which were often disturbing and controversial to the mainstream culture. Tonight’s  program begins an overview of this movement.  (Presented in cooperation with the Goethe Institute.)