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German Punk: BULKY TRASH + THE FREE ORCHESTRA
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- Anthology Film Archives
Two East German documentaries follow musicians making noise, finding freedom and confronting life on either side of the fall of the Wall.
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- Format
- In person
- Location
- Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10003, Manhattan, New York City
About this event
Helke Misselwitz’s Bulky Trash follows young East Berlin musicians who turn discarded objects into percussion instruments while debating their future during the Wende. Petra Tschörtner’s The Free Orchestra precedes it, following a shop assistant who becomes the singer of an avant-garde punk band after work.
In German with English subtitles; approximately 95 minutes. Part of Anthology’s German Punk series, co-presented with the German Film Office and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office. Tickets through Anthology.
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German punk scenes, East and West; Goethe German Film Office co-presentation.