Film Series for Made in Germany?—Archives of Migration
When:
Saturday, Oct 12, 2024 2:00p -
4:00p
Saturday, Oct 12, 2024 2:00p -
4:00p
Where:
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Accessible Spots, Art, Good for Groups, Movies
Event website:
https://bit.ly/3Ndl6c5
The two films being shown document and archive the lives of migrants and reveal their experiences of exploitation, neglect, and erasure.
Angelika Nguyen’s Brotherland Has Burned Down (1991; original German title: Bruderland ist abgebrannt) examines the lives of Vietnamese migrants in the GDR before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Through firsthand accounts and documentary footage, the film reveals how they were targets of systemic and overt racism, including abrupt deportations after the wall opened.
Pınar Öğrenci’s Good Luck in Germany (2024; original German title: Glück Auf in Deutschland) focuses on the lives of migrants from Turkey and the mining industry in the FRG’s Ruhr region. Primarily composed of the limited images Öğrenci found in regional archives of immigrant workers from Turkey, the film also includes historical oral testimonies and interviews conducted by the artist that emphasize the hardships faced by female migrants in the domestic sphere as well as the brutal conditions that miners worked in. For more on Öğrenci’s work, visit the artist’s website: https://pinarogrenci.com/
Following the screening, there will be an in-person conversation with Angelika Nguyen.
Viewers may find the content of these films disturbing.
About the films:
Brotherland Has Burned Down, 1991 (Angelika Nguyen; German with English subtitles; 28 min.)
Good Luck in Germany, 2024 (Pınar Öğrenci; German with English subtitles; 44 min.)
This film series is curated by Peter Murphy, the Stefan Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and is offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation (September 13, 2024–January 5, 2025).
Free admission, but seating is limited and registration is required. You can register by clicking on the event on this form, beginning Wednesday, October 2, after 10am.
The event will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level. Doors will open at 1:30pm.
