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From https://www.goethe.de

This summer, the Goethe-Institut brings you a month of films made in the former GDR between the 1970s and the early 1990s.
 
The films in this online program deal with the longings of a generation that seeks fulfilment beyond the norms and conformist expectations of socialist society. Rather than recusing themselves from political protest on screen, the directors retreat into the private sphere to articulate an alternative—emancipated—understanding of the self in East German society, as a less overt means of resistance. Interestingly, these were state-produced films that enjoyed great popularity both at home and abroad, indicating that in the face of censorship film makers in the former GDR retained a certain degree of artistic freedom.

All films are in German with English subtitles and will be available for free streaming throughout the month of August. For full details, including login and password for streaming, go to https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/sup/def.html