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tv   Arts and Culture  Deutsche Welle  March 11, 2020 7:45pm-8:00pm CET

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but 1st 2 weeks ago a new york colt found hollywood mogul harvey weinstein guilty of 2 counts of sexual assault now he's been sentenced to 23 is in jail and the main accuses of prosecution witnesses were in court on wednesday to hear the verdict afterwards weinstein was taken directly back to a prison hospital to continue his sentence. a look back now at the key events surrounding this landmark case. february 24th 2020 harvey weinstein left the courthouse in an ambulance after being found guilty of sexual assault and rape. his trial had begun in january public interest in the proceedings was the mets it was a watershed moment. i find. for many women the trial was cause for hope the district attorney spoke plainly weinstein is a vicious serial sexual predator weinstein with his manipulation his resources his
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attorneys his publicists and his spies did everything he could to silence the survivors the trial was the culmination of a dramatic fall from grace weinstein was the king of hollywood producing box office hits and oscar winning films and he was a frequent guest on the red carpet congress but he sexually harassed assaulted and raped women and abused his power as a matter of course the whole hollywood system seemed to be on trial with him. in 2017 women started breaking their silence 80 accuser stepped forward with allegations among them stars like when it's paltrow and angelina jolie. that. he lead me to his bathroom pleading that i just watch him masturbate i remember what you have to his rolling about is that they don't have to wear some. but if you
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feather. your chair i know. around the world women saw their own stories mirrored in those of weinstein's victims of the me too movement gathered pace their worldwide protests against sexual violence and the rage transcended borders in may $28000.00 at the khan film festival women occupied weinstein's former hunting ground. for. the protest movement ensured charges were brought against harvey weinstein. the trial finally began in new york. both of my clients in this case. have been very brave very courageous because they're willing to testify under oath to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. now weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison the sex offender has been stopped it's a historic moment but it's perhaps only the beginning of the trial is over
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a victory for women and justice but the need to story will continue. andy warhol was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most influential artists of the 22nd half of the 20th century embrace consumerism celebrity and counterculture and was for ever reinventing himself right now there's a very special exhibition in london featuring some of his iconic works but also artifacts that give an insight into his life in new york in the 1960 s. and seventy's. head belonging to the artist andy warhol fake of course after he lost his real high in his twenty's he chose to wear ostentatious wigs and stead he owned $100.00 of them at the time of his death the mark of a man who treated fake cat as he does everything else in the pursuit of the perfect public image. and you. oaken eyes by the tate modern together with the german
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museum look quick looks at how one holds life influenced his work. immigrants and brought up in a strict catholic household the graphic artist moved to new york in 1949 there he made his money in advertising before going on to become one of the world's most important artists warhol has been talking about very important things all along sometimes the mists got in the way sometimes he would always put out law is in full skirts and strange deceptive statements was incredibly intelligent smart man wall whole actually managed to say so much by saying so little. in interviewees borehole would say there's no hidden meaning behind his and also that it's been sort of certain something you know. but the very opposite is true he found inspiration everywhere the caps a list world of branding politics and the finite nature of human life photos films
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paintings and music all hobos constantly creating something new and like the stasi portrayed as christian saints he himself became an icon. in the seventy's the rich commissioned him to do their portraits football star from speck and was one of them though many thought would hold greedy for doing this it was these commissions that finances work that gave minorities artistic expression of and the. when you look at the arc works in which african-americans are hunted down by police with dogs and when you look at the news today you realize that unfortunately it hasn't lost any of its explosive power. is on its. but what's on the outside superficiality the entertainment of it all was whole also consider that. the era of selfies and instagram would probably have suited warhol
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down to the ground. yes he would have had a field day with social media time for meet the germans where we look at idiosyncratic things that are particularly german when it comes to fashion the tendency here in berlin is dress down in spite of the fact the fact that there's now a fashion week here and also lots of startups in the fashion business anyway here is our own rachel stood with mall. what i think of german fashion really put me on the spot here i mean i don't want to generalize but i think there are a couple of things i've made every day is casual friday in germany and jeans and sneakers combo is acceptable attire not only in the heart of the supermarket but also based off of like the. favorite among men and women is the practical short preferably beige unflattering and absolute classic that screens children dad on holiday is the strong sleep check shirt. something for the whole family the
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sensible sample minus 7 points if you think it sucks on studies show that despite having the highest g.d.p. in your judgment on the particular spend is when it comes to fashion and what they do by tends to favor functionality over flamboyant. business review. shewn digits 100 scenes on has a view in the orbit in the genes good understanding of order and genes and how. it is a question is a more subtle it's what are starting to. make clicks on the since it will have to download and fast to tire tampa. and fire the mortars and if you can. so the germans are more backpack been plucked but more high top than high heel but that's not necessarily
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a bad thing for sure the french might be chic but the germans are comfortable the overall trend for practicality and thriftiness also mean that your clothes are less likely to mark you out with belonging to a particular social club oh and the transition from day to night is a breeze. some say this harks all the way back to when most of modern day germany was part of the kingdom of prussia the so-called prussian virtues include a sense of order self-restraint and pragmatism in 2007 germany decided it wanted a piece of the international catwalk action and launched the bit in fashion week. the event is known for attracting young designers and tackling issues like sustainability but cannot compete with the big guns. are not going to shift the able to have a good norm. to put the. internet you know information so long a border. of the stars of course includes a good lead peter she could. undo.
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it dorchin mord it was your piece of of the strong presence of. different cities in germany and then for a particular fashion ticks in hamburg it's a passion for dark blue everything and bright you know raincoats the shikimic you know in this world of pressure the finer things in life and in munich everyone was lead a holes in every single day just getting as the life as that would be for us tourists it's just not happening sorry. then we have been so you know everything i told you so far about german fashion to just look at it. as supervision is for them but you know. it's all a long look. and opened our eyes again all. of those kinds of ghana mondi futures are going to be good in london.
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it's been unbelievable. this is the 250000 of us staff and in his hometown of bomb there are literally hundreds of the entire year celebration great composer but if you want to get right up close to the essence of the man that's an exhibition at the stotts beauty here in berlin which includes original scores of some of his greatest works. and in particular with the 5th symphony he used to motif which is very short and using this very short will teach people the whole symphony this is quite unique and . simple catchy powerful and rousing beethoven's 5th
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was a revolutionary work. and new exhibition of the state library in berlin puts the original score on show the institution is home to a trove of beethoven treasures the very sensitive originals are usually under lock and key traits albums and letters including some of the composer's most personal correspondence letters professing undying love. my angel my everything beethoven writes but he was unlucky in love the object of his affections was perhaps the heiress to classical josefina prince fic perhaps he fell in love with the wrong women i was always women who were unattainable because they were not compatible with his standing and for an interest and. pride of place is taken by the score for the 9th symphony famous for its coral finale ode to joy the promise
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of a better world. all of the websites on by 2020 and lots of other stories at d w dot com slash count you can also catch this show again if you've missed anything we want to watch it again that's all for now though thanks for watching.
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during the conflict or. after the murder of a journalist stuck make out on a get me to insult has become a fire wood johnson corruption my guest this week is the country's foreign minister everest fox hollow he says he wants to improve motors tanishq image but how many more secrets have to come out before school because of all. the conflicts of. 30 minutes on t.w. . each side sounds my story. of the people around me builds me taking sick minds to form i am not too dumb to. see. listen closely and i will tell you
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about blue knights who do to me on. i'm not too dumb to publish. my cities days for centuries and accompanied my country through its finest. until the day i mean. i'm still not too dumb to pass. april 8th.
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this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight confirmation of what scientists have been saying for weeks the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak is now a pandemic that means the virus is global 19 has now killed more than 4000 people but the w.h.o. says it's still possible to reduce the number of new infections all.

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