Showing posts with label Deutsche Welle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deutsche Welle. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Documentary: "Germany and the Cold War" (two parts).

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    It's another exemplary two-part Deutsche Welle documentary, focusing on the Cold War as experienced in the two German states that a...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Albania's last trains.

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  For the past 40 years, maybe even earlier if childhood stamp collecting is taken into account, I've been fascinated by the country of ...
Monday, January 20, 2020

I'm in New Agony, but this video documents "A Train Ride to the Czech Republic."

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It kills me to watch videos like this. There are so many of my favorite things, rolled into one: train travel, Germany, beer with dumpling...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Video: The Treuhand (1991-94), and how newly reunited Germany put capitalism back together again in the former GDR.

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(Video at link below.) November 9, 2019 will be the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's obsolescence. Communism's collapse wa...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

This Second World War "photo thriller" is a worthwhile documentary from Deutsche Welle.

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It's another fine Deutsche Welle documentary, this time with a few uncharacteristic twists. If you're interested in the World Wa...
Thursday, June 06, 2019

The cameramen and their story: "Memories of D-Day."

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I'm fortunate to have visited the beaches during my first two trips in 1985 and 1987. Deutsche Welle's  excellent 45-minu...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

At Deutsche Welle: "A two-part documentary uses criminal cases to paint a picture of Berlin during the Weimar Republic."

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I'm not a devotee of the "true crime" genre. Appropriately, this two-part documentary by Deutsche Welle provides broade...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

A brief but solid video overview of France's "yellow vest rebellion."

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Courtesy of Deutsche Welle's documentary series (in English). --- France's yellow vest rebellion - a movement against Macron...
Friday, February 01, 2019

100 years of Bauhaus: toward a universal language of design.

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It's a three-part documentary film, and well worth the time. Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3
Saturday, October 27, 2018

"Mine clearance in Bosnia and Herzegovina" -- a documentary from Deutsche Welle.

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Cronyism, nepotism, venality and corruption -- no, this isn't the Monday morning star chamber meetings at New Albany's ruling par...
Monday, August 06, 2018

A worthwhile documentary: "Eva Braun: Life and Death with the Führer."

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There's not much to be said about Adolf Hitler that hasn't been said before, and hundreds of thousands of times. However, Eva ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: "One German pub owner is still serving at 87."

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Clocking in at a mere 12 minutes, this is a gem of a brief Deutsche Welle news profile, or perhaps a mini-documentary. Surprisingly laye...
Sunday, May 06, 2018

Documentary: "Is Karl Marx still relevant in the 21st century?"

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"Today, what most characterizes developments in Marxian theory is the recognition of Marx’s open-ended critique of capitalism, requi...
Monday, April 02, 2018

"Cologne Cathedral marks the zenith of cathedral architecture and at the same time its culmination."

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Been there, seen that -- and it's amazing. This is another fascinating Deutsche Welle documentary, and a companion piece of sorts ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2018

The Berlin Wall has been down for as long as it once stood: 28 years.

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Deutsche Welle  cleverly reanimates reality in this excellent 2009 video explaining divided Germany and the various wall formats deployed...
Saturday, January 20, 2018

When do we leave? Documentary films about the South Tyrol.

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Confessing from the outset that I am perfectly willing to occupy a comfortable seat on the veranda of a hikers' hut nursing a bee...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

LIVE TO EAT: Two tasty documentaries about street food the world over.

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I appreciate the sedate, measured pace of these two documentaries, as opposed to some of the more frantic Food Network extravaganzas. Thi...
Monday, December 25, 2017

An excellent four-part documentary film about recent Russian history called Moscow's Empire.

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It has been only 26 years since the Soviet Union dissolved, which is a blip in the overall timeline of history. Absent context, little can b...
Friday, December 15, 2017

"The End of the Sublime Porte" and other recommended documentaries at Deutsche Welle.

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Deutsche Welle is Germany's public international broadcaster. The DW archives are a treasure trove of viewing (in English) for histo...