Hamburg liest Amerika The american dream – eine verlorene Liebe?

A multifaceted portrait of the country that has shaped the Western world, Germany, and even the emigration hub of Hamburg more than almost anything else: featuring the city’s residents.
No country embodies the promise of social mobility and freedom quite like the United States, nor has any country been as controversial on the world stage as the United States. For Germans in particular, this is a contradiction that is almost impossible to resolve.
At the same time, American culture dominates and fascinates: music ranging from jazz to rock and pop, from Woodstock to Madonna, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, or Bruce Springsteen; literature from Mark Twain to Bret Easton Ellis, Jonathan Franzen, Margaret Atwood, or Ocean Vuong; films ranging from *Gone with the Wind* to *American Psycho*; and global stars from Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe to Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Is it all over? Do we have to say goodbye to all these beloved things? Does our love have a chance to survive, despite the pomp and circumstance of celebrations and the terror of bombs?
250 years of America in 2 hours—is that even possible? Of course not. That would be 12 minutes for 25 years—or less than a minute for each year.
The afternoon will feature surprising pairings and highlights. One thing is certain: the start will feature Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture, and Joachim Lux—both self-confessed Bruce Springsteen fans…

And the end is set, too: it’s over at 6:00 p.m., no matter how far we’ve gotten! Everything else, perhaps, with a hamburger in hand just around the corner!