GDR Photo Shoot: Propaganda and Daily Life

GDR Photo Shoot: Propaganda and Daily Life (2024) is a documentary film directed by Daniel Guthmann, Joachim Palutzki rated 6.5/10.

Life in the GDR was not only documented on behalf of the state, but also by photographic artists and journalists. The documentary goes on a journey through time with some of them and shows little-known aspects of the GDR from its foundation to the fall of the Wall. Photographers in the GDR had a surprising amount of freedom; there was no explicit censorship of images. This allowed them to make visible what the state wanted to hide. This documentary presents two photographers who observed life in the GDR and whose work has been rediscovered in recent years.

Cast

Eberhard Klöppel

Dietmar Riemann

Barbara Wolff

Christiane Eisler