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My Wonderful West Berlin reveals the LGBTQ community that developed and flourished in post war West Berlin despite homophobic laws and public prejudice. While having a reputation as one of the most liberal and inclusive European cities, West Berlin only gradually grew into its image as being overwhelmingly tolerant towards the LGBTQ youth who left their homes in search of change and acceptance. Jochen Hick’s documentary features multiple representatives of West Berlin’s LGBTQ community – filmmakers, artists, designers, comedians and many more – who share their experiences of West Berlin starting from 1950s. Through their memories, we see the city transform from having a rich yet repressed underground queer life in the ‘60s, into accepting the radical gay movements in the ‘70s but then overlooking at first the tragic AIDS epidemic in the ‘80s.
Director: Jochen Hick Starring: Mabel Aschenneller, Wolfgang Cihlarz, Rolf Eden
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