Something to Do with the Wall

Apr 03, 1991 1h 28m

1 votes

Documentary

Synopsis

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world’s most visible symbol of hardline Communism and Cold War lore. They thought they were making a documentary on the community of tourists, soldiers, and West Berliners who lived in the seemingly eternal presence of the graffiti emblazoned eyesore. But in 1989, as the original film neared completion, the Wall came down, and McElwee and Levine returned to Berlin, this time to capture the radically different atmosphere of the reunified city.

Title	Something to Do with the Wall
Companies	First Run Features
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	berlin wall, freedom, cold war, east berlin, west berlin, post war germany, east germany, childhood, totalitarianism, woman director