Oct 18
Dr Shelley Cobb is an Associate Professor at the University of Southampton. Calling the Shots is an AHRC funded 4 year project. You can follow the Calling the Shots on Facebook and Twitter. More information on womenâs film can be found at the Womenâs Film & Television History Network UK/Ireland, the Celluloid Ceiling and The F Word.
Oct 02
Wolfgang Beckerâs film Goodbye, Lenin (2003) portrays a tragicomic story of an East German family mirroring the historical changes after the fall of Berlin Wall. The hero Alex fabricates an elaborate fantasy of pre-fall-of-the-Wall life for his mother who suffers with amnesia, since her fragile heart cannot get excited by the drastic social change. Alexâs …