UNSERE KINDER (Film & Protest)

In the organizer's words:

GDR 1989, documentary film, 88 min

Director: Roland Steiner

Language: OmeU (German with English subtitles)

Youth subcultures were a taboo subject in the GDR. It was only at the end of the 1980s that Roland Steiner succeeded in gaining an unbiased insight into alternative youth scenes. Goths and punks talk to the camera about their need to be different, but skinheads and neo-Nazis also make an appearance. The escalating violence of the early 90s casts its shadow. Stefan Heym, Christa Wolf and other intellectuals seek a dialog with the young people in the film, but the impulse came too late. OUR CHILDREN premiered on November 1, 1989 at the Leipzig Documentary Film Week, a few days after the Wall came down.

With an introduction by film historian Dr. Andreas Kötzing (Hannah Arendt Institute, Dresden).

ENG: At the end of the 1980s Roland Steiner took an impartial look at youth subculture in the GDR, that were taboo before. Goths and punks talk about their urge to be different, but also skinheads and neo-Nazis are visible and foreshadow the violence of the 90s. Stefan Heym, Christa Wolf and other interlectuals try opening a dialogue that is offered far too late. UNSERE KINDER premiered at the Leipziger Dokfilmwoche mere days before the fall of the GDR. (German with English subtitles)
There will be an introduction in German by film historian Dr. Andreas Kötzing.

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.