Selling Democracy: Films of the Marshall Plan 1948 - 1953

Thu, Nov 3
7:30pm
General $8, free for BAM/PFA Members and UC Berkeley students

Selling Democracy: Films of the Marshall Plan 1948 - 1953
Program 1: Out of the Ruins

Introduced by Sandra Schulberg and Ed Carter
co-presented by Goethe-Institut San Francisco

Postwar misery plagued all of Europe, and in ""Hunger" (1948, 7min.),
Germany is blamed. German audiences rejected the film, so it was
pulled from theatres by the U.S. military government. Another
controversial film, "It's Up to You!" (1948, 20min.), focused on de-
Nazification and reorientation. Divided Berlin quickly became a locus
for propaganda battles, as seen in "Between East and West" (1949,
22min.). "The Bridge" (1949, 15min.) documents the dramatic rescue of
West Berlin by the airlift. "Me and Mr.Marshall" (1949, 13min.), the
first Marshall Plan film, celebrates the rebuilding of Germany.
Italy, like Germany, had succumbed to the lure of fascism, and had to
be reintegrated into Europe. In "Life and Death of a Cave
City" (1949, 11min.), Italian families live in underground warrens
until Marshall aid builds them new houses above ground. Rotterdam had
been bombed to rubble by the Nazis; "Houen Zo!" (1952, 21min.), a
symphony of sounds and music, shows the city coming back to life. It
won a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival

Total running time: 102min.

Venue:

Pacific Film Archive
2575 Bancroft Way
Berkeley
510-642-1124
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu

2575 Bancroft Way
Between College and Telegraph,
Nearest BART station: Downtown Berkeley Station, 15min. walk to the
Pacific Film Archive
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Additional Info:

510-642-1124
www.bampfa.berkeley.edu