Thorsten Wagner

Kassetten-Fernsehen tells the story of the development of video as an entertainment medium in West Germany. The story begins with visions of a revolution and ends with a persistent censorship debate in a climate of intellectual and moral change.

Following Germany's transformation as a society from the Holocaust to becoming the moral leader of Europe as the country embraces hundreds of thousands of refugees.

Kassetten-Fernsehen tells the story of the development of video as an entertainment medium in West Germany. The story begins with visions of a revolution and ends with a persistent censorship debate in a climate of intellectual and moral change.

A portrait of Antje Kosemund from Hamburg and the history of resistance against the Nazi regime. Her father was arrested by the Gestapo in May 1933, her mother died young and her sister Irma fell victim to the Nazis' "euthanasia" murder program. People, places, streets and buildings appear in the conversation with Antje Kosemund, born in 1928. They all tell their story of communist resistance against National Socialism in Hamburg, of a trail in the Aktion T4 extermination program that leads all the way to Vienna. Kosemund's memories are testimony to a life of resistance. A document against forgetting.

A portrait of Antje Kosemund from Hamburg and the history of resistance against the Nazi regime. Her father was arrested by the Gestapo in May 1933, her mother died young and her sister Irma fell victim to the Nazis' "euthanasia" murder program. People, places, streets and buildings appear in the conversation with Antje Kosemund, born in 1928. They all tell their story of communist resistance against National Socialism in Hamburg, of a trail in the Aktion T4 extermination program that leads all the way to Vienna. Kosemund's memories are testimony to a life of resistance. A document against forgetting.

Sometime during the Vietnam war an American soldier was stationed in Thailand and recorded Tapes for his girl back home. He not only had to struggle with loneliness, but also with the adversity of the chosen communication method. By that, about 30% of the information is dominated by the medium itself.