Arbeitsunfälle

Documentary about the work accidents, for the german TV.

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Harun Farocki

Among the "political" filmmakers who got their start in the student movement, Harun Farocki is perhaps the most formally brilliant and conscious, and today he is exploring new documentary territory with his video install

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Elfi Mikesch

The cinematographer and idiosyncratic filmmaker Elfi Mikesch has significantly contributed to the extension of the aesthetic boundaries of the "standard" documentary.

Wochenschau: Im Auftrag der Arbeiterbewegung. Gegeninformation im heißen Herbst aus Betrieben in Italien

"New tasks are emerging for filmmakers on behalf of the labour movement" – this early work by Gisela Tuchtenhagen, Wochenschau 4, was produced as a collective effort within the highly politicised DFFB (German Film and Te

1. Mai Weltfeiertag der Arbeiterklasse

Documentary about the "Blutmai" (Bloody Mai), a violent clash between communist protesters and the police on Mai 1. 1929.

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Peter Nestler

Interview with Peter Nestler about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner

The Heart through Deserts Runs - Working Title

The film shows the passing of a day in the life of a young woman. In the beginning, she is alone in her apartment. It seems that she is going through a separation from her beloved person (a female). She is trying to cope

A Working Men's Club in Sheffield

A documentary of the town of Sheffield's main pub and the people who went there.

Aus unserem Arbeitstag

First, assembly line work in a printer's. As one, the workmen put together newspapers. Then other hands assemble, punch holes in, and attach together sometimes mysterious materials, using machines of ultimate design. The

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Volker Koepp

Interview with Volker Koepp about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner

Ein Film über den Arbeiter

Autobiographical documentary.

Portrait einer Arbeiterin

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La Brigada – A Mural for the Unidad Popular in Dresden

During the 16th Workers' Festival in Dresden in 1976, a student group of Chilean emigrants paints a mural symbolically depicting the activity of the Unidad Popular during Salvador Allende's reign. Festival guests comment

New York. Ein visuelles Arbeitstagebuch

In the mid to late '70s, over several visits to New York, Schönherr produced an astounding 107 hour super8 film, a "visual diary" that consists of impressions of the city, its inhabitants, and its television culture.

Arbeitsplatz und Stoppuhr

Documentary about the production rates, for the german TV.

One Wednesday in June – 20 Years Ago: People’s Uprising, Workers’ Revolt or Secret Services Putsch?

What happened in the GDR on 17 June 1953? Using a lot of original footage, Norddeutscher Rundfunk looks back on the events in a detailed report marking their 20th anniversary and shows different interpretations and expla

Der Kampf der Gewalten

A mysterious bolshevik named Borski stirs up the workers of a factory against their oppressors.

Erst fünfzehn und schon arbeitslos

Documentary about youth unemployment.

"Vater, würdest Du nochmal nach Deutschland gehen?" - Lebenslauf eines türkischen Arbeitsmigranten

Short educational film about migrant workers.