Sound of Heimat
@ Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200, Chicago, lL 60601
Opening Tuesday, June 20th, at 6PM
2010/2011
Dir. by Arne Birkenstock and Jan Tengeler
90 min.
German with English subtitles
The musician Hayden Chisholm, a New Zealander with Scottish roots, travels through Germany in search of a kind of music that seems to have been long forgotten by the Germans – real folk music. The road movie takes Hayden from Cologne to Bavaria, Vogtland and the Ore Mountains, to the Buchenwald memorial and to Flensburg. Hayden Chisholm and the two filmmakers discover a lively and unique music scene, where anything stuffy and lifeless is foreign. Real folk music still exists, and a “new wave” of Germans of all ages are invested in reclaiming this popular music from its Nazi associations.
This event is free and open to the public, but please register in advance and bring a photo ID to facilitate check-in.
This program accompanies ‘Shift: Music, Meaning, Context,’ an exhibition produced in collaboration between Goethe-Institut Chicago and The Museum of Contemporary Photography currently on view at the Museum through August 6, 2023.
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Tags: Documentary, film, folk music, Germany, Goethe Institut, Goethe-Institut Chicago, MoCP, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Music
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