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Online doc&talk – German Pop Circumstance
04/05/2025 @ 19:00 - 21:30
DEUTSCHE POP ZUSTÄNDE
Regie: Dietmar Post & Lucía Palacios, 80 Minuten, 2016, Deutsch / Englisch UT, Deutschland
For decades, popular culture was considered progressive and emancipatory, but in reality it has long been part of the center of society, and it has noticeably opened itself up to the right-wing. Pop music played a central role to the neo-Nazi terror cell NSU (National Socialist Underground). The film establishes connections to the socio-political developments in Germany from the late ´70s to today.
Similar to their pop-historical documentary “Monks – The Transatlantic Feedback”, co-produced by ZDF/3sat and awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize in 2008, the authors also work with conversations, meticulously researched archive material and without commentary in this film.
They visited pop theorists and sociologists, musicians and label representatives as well as a dropout from the right-wing scene and an exit consultant with an extensive collection of musical examples and had the interviewees analyze, comment on and contextualize them.”
Followed by a discussion with Dietmar Post (director)
Moderation: Eberhard Spreng
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