In a series of monthly evenings, Florian Wüst seeks to contextualize Salon Populaire spatially: by showing and commenting on selected film references and excerpts, he reflects on the history and the present of West Berlin as the “storefront of the free West”, as a site for the squatting movements of the early 1980s, as well as a current “virgin land” for galleries and art spaces.
After the screening of Horst Markgraf’s film Pochmann last November, the fifth event of the series After the Fall returns to the original set up of an installation comprising a video projection and monitors. The evening focuses on two topics relating to documentary and fiction cinema of the 1990s made in Berlin: the disappearance of the Wall and the life of Turkish immigrants of the second generation. Both themes are covered by the early films of Thomas Arslan, who will be present for a talk.
Tonight, March 09, 20h:
After the Fall – Film City Berlin #5
Screening and talk with Thomas Arslan (in German and English)
Salon Populaire
Bülowstrasse 90
10783 Berlin
