Date:

3 March

Venue:

Star & Shadow Cinema

Time:

19:30 / 21:30

19:30 Videogramme einer Revolution (Harun Farocki & Andrei Ujica, 1992, 106mins)
21:30 Spin (Brian Springer, 1995, 57min, USA)

Join us for this double bill of documentaries, which show how television can be used as a powerful tool in shaping political futures. Videogramme einer Revolution recounts the extraordinary story of the role of television in the 1989 Romanian revolution.

Filmmaker Farocki is also showing Deep Play at the NGCA. Director Brian Springer will introduce his landmark documentary, Spin, that shows how US presidential hopefuls used television prior to the 1992 election. It is a powerful reminder in this, another US presidential election year, how politicians use television to spin public opinion.