Documenting the East German rock music scene of the late 1980s, whisper & SHOUT features established bands like Silly as well as underground groups such as Feeling B, who would later become Rammstein. (115 mins., 35mm)

Filmed as the GDR crumbled, The Architects is a somber portrait of life in East Berlin told through the story of a young architect who feels his work is being strangled by communist dogma. (97 mins., 35mm)

The second film begins at 9:05 PM.

Cosponsored by Ohio State's Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Center for Slavic and East European Studies. Special thanks to Senior Lecturer Andy Spencer.

Organized by the DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.