 Film poster, Fuhrer and Seducer', 2024. Dir: Joachim Lang |  'Not Relevant', DISCRIMINATE exhibition, 2023-24. John Brookes |
NEW MOVIE ‘Führer and Seducer’ echoes my DISCRIMINATE exhibition earlier this year...
It’s 1938. Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda, is at the peak of his power, while Hitler is celebrated by the people.
This remarkable drama deconstructs Goebbels’ deadly propaganda machine and reveals how he created the images, speeches and films that were used to ‘sell’ the Third Reich and the Holocaust to the masses. A powerful insight into historic events and how they parallel today's “fake news” landscape.
“Shows how effectively Goebbels concealed the truth to feed his propaganda machine." - Rolling Stone / "A highly current relevance...the manipulation strategies from back then are still models for today's populists…a film about the danger of seduction—and against forgetting.” - NDR Info
I held an exhibition, ‘DISCRIMINATE’, at Belconnen Arts Centre earlier this year, with eerily similar focus - a satirical take on modern media and state portrayal of disability using the style of 1930s/40s/50s Propaganda Posters.
The exhibition questioned mainstream media portrayals and encouraged people to look beyond the popular messages and to be more ‘discriminating’ in their outlook as opposed to ‘discriminatory.’
I’m kicking around an idea for a follow-up about how we no longer need to look to past propaganda… the age of misinformation is back and more insidious that ever, “eating cats?” FFS. Working title: INDISCRIMINATE – THIS IS NOT A SATIRE….
I’ll be going to see the film on Dec 7th – and will be making notes!
DISCRIMINATE website https://www.canberryarts.com/discriminate-exhibition-2024...
Führer and Seducer listing and trailer https://tinyurl.com/kaeytraw
It’s 1938. Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda, is at the peak of his power, while Hitler is celebrated by the people.
This remarkable drama deconstructs Goebbels’ deadly propaganda machine and reveals how he created the images, speeches and films that were used to ‘sell’ the Third Reich and the Holocaust to the masses. A powerful insight into historic events and how they parallel today's “fake news” landscape.
“Shows how effectively Goebbels concealed the truth to feed his propaganda machine." - Rolling Stone / "A highly current relevance...the manipulation strategies from back then are still models for today's populists…a film about the danger of seduction—and against forgetting.” - NDR Info
I held an exhibition, ‘DISCRIMINATE’, at Belconnen Arts Centre earlier this year, with eerily similar focus - a satirical take on modern media and state portrayal of disability using the style of 1930s/40s/50s Propaganda Posters.
The exhibition questioned mainstream media portrayals and encouraged people to look beyond the popular messages and to be more ‘discriminating’ in their outlook as opposed to ‘discriminatory.’
I’m kicking around an idea for a follow-up about how we no longer need to look to past propaganda… the age of misinformation is back and more insidious that ever, “eating cats?” FFS. Working title: INDISCRIMINATE – THIS IS NOT A SATIRE….
I’ll be going to see the film on Dec 7th – and will be making notes!
DISCRIMINATE website https://www.canberryarts.com/discriminate-exhibition-2024...
Führer and Seducer listing and trailer https://tinyurl.com/kaeytraw
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