German Documentaries in the University of Arizona Library
Paco de Lucia: Light and Shade: A Portrait
By Meert. In German with subtitles. Documentary — 1. Introduction / "La Barossa" (7:42) -- 2. Musical family (8:48) -- Certain kind of harmony - flamenco (5:00) -- Memories of Camerón (7:37) -- Improvisation - "The Sense of Risk" (8:11) -- 'Paco de Lucia sextet' (6:59) -- Perspiration & inspiration (6:19) -- Entre dos aguas (3:24) -- Development of style (3:03) — Video- cass. 366 — DVD
People Power, 1989
In Polish / Czech with subtitles. Documentary — In 1991, the Communist Party lost control of the Soviet Union, the culmination of a process that started in 1980 in the Polish shipyards when millions joined Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement which signaled the beginning of the end for Soviet-style communism. Here eyewitnesses tell the story of how the Communist system collapsed as they remember the extraordinary weeks that preceded and followed the fall of the Berlin Wall; Poland's fight for solidarity; Czechoslovakia's "Velvet Revolution;" the struggle for power in the Soviet Union and more. — HX44 .P46 — VHS
Photoamateur
[Fotoliubitel'] by Roshal. Silent with intertitles. Documentary — Based on his wartime diary and photo album, this documentary, recounts Gerhard M.'s experiences with his unit, which was engaged in "retaliatory measures in captured areas." Gerhard M.'s job was to resettle Jews, execute partisans, and seize valuables for the Reich. After the war, his diary and photo album were discovered by the East German Communist authorities which led to Gerhard M.'s conviction of war crimes by a Soviet court and his execution by firing squad in 1952. — D764 .P495 2004 — DVD-R
Post-wall Germany 1990
By Williams. In English. Documentary — American journalist Ron Williams explores East Germany through American eyes and presents an intimate portrait of the country and an analysis of the future role a united Germany can play in western society. — DD289 .P67 — VHS