at least 140 people were killed trying to cross the berlin wall. some of those people were killed by border guards as they tried to climb the wall, they tried to cross the river, as they approached the wall. there were sad stories about people who were shot and died at the wall. some of the most tragic stories were about people who tried to cross the wall and their deaths were covered up. trying to escape from east germany was a crime. and it was seen as a terrible reflection on the state. on communism in general. even the fact that people wanted to try to escape was something the state needed to cover up. they were called in whenever there was a death of the wall. we have three stories about people who died at the wall and their stories were covered up. one really tragic story is about gerald, a worker in west berlin. one night it appears he may have had too much to drink and he stumbled into the area near the wall, stumbled close to the wall and the guards to the east shouted at him, warned him to go away. he was scared off by that and started run

to the berlin wall and now and a film focusing on the berlin wall well at least the remaining pieces of the wall many of which have been scattered around the united states the filmmakers courtney stevens and pasha veliz made a documentary called the american sector looking into this evolution 3.5 metre high concrete block could be found all over the u.s. many were collected by american institutions and by interested individuals over the past 30 years with their story the filmmakers reflect on how our view of the past is shaped by the context of the present day. and the directors of the american sector join me now in the studio to talk a bit more about their documentary courtney stevens and. ellis thanks so much for being on the w. so the 1st thing i want to ask the 2 of you is how you even got the idea to make this film well thank you thanks for having us the idea came from another project that we were working on in los angeles about. about reagan and reagan's politics we were doing research at the reagan presidential library and we encountered a piece of the wall right beside their t

to the berlin wall and now and a film focusing on the berlin wall well at least the remaining pieces of it many of which have been scattered around the united states the filmmakers courtney stevens and poncho velez made a documentary called the american sector looking into this evolution the 3.5 metre high concrete blocks can be found all over the u.s. many were collected by american institutions and by interested individuals over the past 30 years with their story the filmmakers reflect on how our view of the past is shaped by the context of the present day. when the directors of the american sector join me now in the studio to talk a bit more about their documentaries courting stevenson passion of ellis thanks so much for being on our program courtney and like to start with you what gave you the idea to make this film so for both of us the fall of the berlin wall as one of these events that was one of the 1st times that we experienced as children history happening though you know it was your parents telling you the remember this for the rest of your life and i think recently we hav

the cold war is still in full speed, you know, the berlin wall was built. was refused three times. if the wall were not fell down, probably we'd never do the reichstag. for more than two decades, the artist christo and his wife jeanne—claude have wanted to work with the building that, for them, symbolised the cold war. you know, i was born in bulgaria in 1935. highly soviet—ic, communist country. and i escaped to the west alone, speaking only russian and bulgarian. coming from a communist country i tried to do something involving the east—west relations. it's been bombed and set on fire, seen war and revolution. but never before has the reichstag been wrapped in silver fabric. we never can believe what is the project until we see it for real. christo himself is paying for the project, helped su bsta ntially by sales of his sketches and other work. the reichstag cost us $12 million in 1995. which is probably today about $20 million or $25 million. this project, we need to build an entire structure of engineers, specialists, lawyers, services. very much like

and you have to remember this generation was only 8 or 9 when the berlin wall fell.llennials were 8 or 9 when the berlin wall fell. >> they don't remember actual socialism? >> they don't remember totalitarian communism. and it's also important to remember when talking about millennial socialism, the important word here is democratic socialism. i think a lot of boomers and people who grew up during the cold war, when they think of socialism they think of totalitarianism. and for this generation, they want to elect leaders that will implement policies to strengthen the social safety net. elect is the operative word there because if you elect aoc in new york's 14th district and then you don't like what she's doing or you feel your taxes are going up too much or you don't like the programs she's fighting for, you can vote her right out. >> why do millennials not vote other than for obama? >> a great question. so, actually, millennials did double their turnout in the 2018 midterms. and about 60% say they plan to definitely vote in 2020, but one big impact that the obama e

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former communist east of one from the capitalist west germany 2 proud protagonists made off of the berlin wallhas full and however that different personal histories in the vastly different upbringings they experience creates an emotional wall between them. sooner or later we'll all be just a pile of bones so before you're as dead as this guy how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance on love. the ageing married or of money come out of one's novel and the mud ceased meets her bow right here under the brucie sorious at berlin's natural history museum the man's name is and everything about him is gray his eyes his hair his coat fronts cause the dinosaur a beautiful island and the narrator falls head over heels for she's a paleontologist from east berlin who worships these here monkeys fossils he's a west german insect researcher both of them are married both of them are getting on in years love is never easy with const the writing is on the line every night he sneaks back out to his wife every intimate question he answers with a girl so what does she see in the sky why is she willi

the wildest place in europe to the nazi era when it was hitler's capital to the cold war with the berlin wall and then after the fall of the wall to become a creative hub for artists from around the world the best nightlife in the world so i think there's a lot to play with there for directors and in terms of making a movie here you've got bob is big studio is the oldest film studio of its size in the world the biggest in europe it's been around since 1912 and germany is also a country that puts hundreds of millions of euros of public funding into films every year so that obviously also makes it an attractive place for filmmakers to come from germany and around the world. that so films i know you've seen it tell us about pro fool go the end screwed up which looks pretty intense. right intense is the word very much an art house movie from argentina the story is about a voiceover actor named him as who at the very beginning of the movie experiences a trauma except that we're not really sure if she really does experience that trauma because from there on out it's really unclear if she's dreaming

up from the ad holton used to and still do take them on tours of the city or drove them to the berlin wallas many. off the wall had fallen you see julia roberts dancing on top of it with the east german police officer. and of course that they have plenty of staff that did. it. in 2003 d. talk cussler brought photographer galahad cust now on board for a special project his assignment was to make portraits of the stop. are. there large scale prints signed by the subjects and their provenance lee exhibited at the main festival venue. the actors and directors sat for anywhere from 10 seconds to 3 minutes for their portraits in the belly nama studio. because no remembers working with actress nicole kidman very well. and he says suddenly someone said that's it now. and that was a resistant to was in charge of her busy schedule to keep and what's interesting is that nicole kidman remained thoroughly cool but at the time i wasn't cool at all i thanked her properly but she remained seated she said are you sure you got it he was a serious question and i said yes many thanks if you are i must have be

born days after you can klinsmann quit as coach rb lets his battered braman leverkusen set past a berlin walls for a big huff and i am augsburg and freiburg share the spoils and dortmund down. and frankfurt all right now let's see what all those results mean for the bonus league standings there is no change among the top 6 by munich ahead of leipsic bio whisker would dormant and close behind in the bottom half augsburg and here to berlin move up to soldier of braman and part aboard her main in dire danger all right that does it for me if you're watching every news up next duck filled sound of freedom looks at the music of protest and hope over the last 200 years ever that you get all the news around the clock by heading to our web site this dot com on behalf of all of us here thank you for spending this part of your day with us some way iraq i'll be back at the top. or. it's all happening to british. surely to news from africa the world your links to exception the stories and discussions between you and we will come to their view separately program tonight from florida to meet. the zito i woul

while helena humphrey and scott roxboro have been busy watching many of the films at the berlin wall and they join as now hello to both of you so just a few hours to go today is all about those bears who will be going home with gold to you guys have a feeling that you know who the winner will be. yeah well i have to say 1st that almost always wrong with these it's a small group of 7 some person jury is going to pick them up they never have the good taste that i have but i think i think we could have a big sensation tonight because i'm betting that it will be the 1st american winner here in berlin for 20 years there's an amazing film never rarely sometimes always from allies a hit man and i think it has a really good chance to win the bare this is a really quite delicate film about a 17 year old girl trying to get a termination of her pregnancy without her parents' consent and she crosses state lines in order to do it because it's very difficult in our home state of pennsylvania to get a legal abortion and i thought it was a really amazing touching movie and the you know it deals with

e served as a cavalry officer before the fall of the better lin wall and in the -- berlin wall,and in the fourth infantry division and he earned a law harvard, founded where he was ce c.e.o. more than a decade and later became president of international. the n.g.a. is fortunate to have diplomat with us today. ladies and gentlemen, please very warm giving a elcome to secretary of state mike pompeo. [applause] >> thank you, governor hoganen. great to be here. i was watching basketball on my auburn 91, way in, l.s.u. 90. it is final in overtime. 45th ent trump is the president so there's a lot more turnover in my gig than in his. good to be with you today. thank governor cuomo.nd vice chairman it is hard to follow the president's state of the union. i have no medals of freedom today. passing out copies so you can't tear them up when i'm done. gotten to know some of you as i traveled throughout the states. inside the raveled country more than many secretaries of state, something they usually don't do as much. i think it is important the american people understand what diplomats are doing

in 1961 east berlin ors attended for the last time later that year the berlin wall was built. and stayed in place for almost 3 decades in 1990 the berlin was also held in the eastern part of the city for the 1st time. from then on it was a festival for all of berlin. in the year 2000 new festival of the news opened at potsdamer platz in the city center in its 70th anniversary year of the festival's past came back to haunt it. its 1st director alfred bal where was revealed to be a high ranking nazi in the film directorate set up by ghosts of the festival's organizers have said that bowers role will be investigated by an independent group of historians but the phone in iowa is experienced in dealing with the past and the present after all it is a political festival. what lies behind singapore's gleaming facades the dreams and nightmares of around 1000000 migrant workers they make up about a 6th of the population and although they greatly contrib. to the economy and asia's richest nation they remain almost invisible on the edge of society. just like we are living in separate world

feel berlin is my city even though i listened born here but i've been living here since before the fall of the wall and i think people also identify with the city and in turn i identify with the festival festival. for 10 days the film industry takes over berlin girl and attracts stars and filmmakers hollywood productions and independent movies constructor is in the thick of things she and the festival go way back. in 1906 when she appeared in donnie laybys film silent night which was in the competition its 3 main characters are involved in a messy love triangle and decided to try to unpick the situation on christmas eve a different take on the festive season. if many people did and i mean. let's. just. let it was he said you. just have to do this is a philosophy. chris. afghanistan has tons of crime especially a living nice of silent night became something like a small part of a new era for 90. $999.00 but he shot it was one of the promising actors honored at the perelman dollar. just a year later she was chosen as a member of the film festivals jury a big honor for a young actress. and they going

astonishing news from east germany by the east german authorities have said that in essence of the berlin wall doesn't mean anything anymore. but inside the u.s.s.r. the weakening of kremlin control had different consequences. in ukraine a nationalistic political organization. or people's movement emerged in 1989 due to this openness we were. they advocated for independence of ukraine from the u.s.s.r. and became an incubator for leaders of ukrainian citizens. in 19011 of them new book founded svoboda an openly radical nationalist party preaching the good old principles of bondage era. of the. 2. per jew crane from the jews in russia ukraine for ukrainians and so on his statements got him 5th place in the simon visa center top 10 anti-semitic world leader rankings of 2012. but also sadly attracted numerous phone. dimitri are founded another extreme right organization treason or trident in 1994. in april 2013 became an assistant to a member of parliament from the opposition party who died. later that same year he would become the leader of the most radical ukrainian nazi group the right sector.

after the fall of the wall the techno scene in reunified berlin began to boom and for many it became the soundtrack to a new life of freedom. i experienced reunification through east germany is i could feel the energy there was something very naive about it because east germans were sort of in the dark. they stumbled into the dozen in world of the west a bit like kids. suddenly so much was possible they could listen to any music be loud and do what they liked. suddenly they could get drugs and all the things that the east german regime warned would happen did happen it was a sudden promise of salvation. and hates bush was. the love parade in berlin became one of the biggest music festivals of the ninety's attracting crowds of over 1000000 people. freedom songs are songs of celebration you know i'm celebrating our successes celebrating who we are celebrating our culture that is also a part of that freedom song family that notion that you all. the things in life was perhaps best summed up by the american radical emma goldman who said when she was criticised for dancing. at a party even

if you look at millennials, many of them were children when the berlin wall fell. don't really have that kind of sense of cold war global politics. instead, my book starts at 9/11, which was a pivotal moment for millennials, traces them through the wars in iraq and afghanistan, through the financial crisis, the rise of barack obama who was a transformative politician for this generation and then the rise of donald trump and it also covers a lot of the social movements that flourished during the obama era like occupy and black lives matter which shaped millennials' social identity. >> so a threat of terrorism, wars that go badly, go awry, financial system that collapses, deep recession, obama is sort of the blip, right? how do they make sense of obama? >> so obama had an interesting kind of positive and also maybe less positive impact on this generation because he was elected because of his popularity with young people. young voters helped obama win iowa and then the nomination and the presidency. for a lot of these voters for whom obama was their first presidential