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1. Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters (Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters)

Haitian history is presented through an explosion of colour, dance and music, as the country prepares for its legendary carnival.

It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.

2. Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde (Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde)

It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Netherlands occupied German soil as a pledge for demanded war reparations. Part of the annexed territories was also the small municipality of Elten. While the people of Elten were initially afraid of the occupation, the time “with Holland” actually became a miracle of prosperity and economy about which many people from Elten still rave today. The occupation period ended with the largest organized smuggling in the history of the federal republic of Germany. The Documentary shows this in never before released 8 mm footage!

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

3. DDR - die entsorgte Republik (DDR - die entsorgte Republik)

(DDR - die entsorgte Republik)

4. We'll be Keeping On (Wir machen weiter...)

Follows the Eastern German family Schütze and their greengrocer's shop for 10 years, beginning right after Germany's reunification.

5. Merkel (Merkel – Macht der Freiheit)

Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German – became the de facto leader of the “Free World”, told for the first time for an international audience.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

6. Die kalten Ringe (Die kalten Ringe)

19 years after the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan, the Olympic Games of 1964 took place in Tokyo. In the midst of the cold war, the games are supposed to become a symbol for a peaceful world. Especially the divided Germany is expected to prove this: By order of the IOC, both German states must participate in Tokyo with a joint team despite deep ideological rifts. The fact that athletes from both German states still had to compete against each other in order to form a joint team for the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck and in Tokyo is all but forgotten. The film tells the story of the East-West German team of 1964 for the first time and is simultaneously a current document about the relation of sports and politics in international relations.

7. Sieg im Osten (Sieg im Osten)

The army of the GDR, called NVA had not survived the reunification of Germany, it was completely absorbed by the Bundeswehr and scrapped subsequently. But what apparently went on so smoothly as a peaceful unification of hostile brothers quietly left deep scars in the East German landscape.

8. Ecuador vs. el resto del mundo (Ecuador vs. el resto del mundo)

November 7th, 2001. After a seventy years absence, the Ecuadorian national soccer team is close to qualifying for the first time to a Soccer World Cup. This documentary follows the events that took place during that historic date, when a whole country lived under the shadow of a soccer game.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

9. Soundtrack der Freiheit (Soundtrack der Freiheit)

(Soundtrack der Freiheit)

10. Con Traje y Sin Zapatos (Con Traje y Sin Zapatos)

(Con Traje y Sin Zapatos)

11. Nazi-Karrieren in der DDR? (Nazi-Karrieren in der DDR?)

It was a foundational myth of the GDR that it was anti-fascist and free of Nazis. But was that really the case? The film takes a critical look on the actual way the brown heritage was dealt with in the GDR.

12. Woher kommst du eigentlich? Schwarze in Deutschland (Woher kommst du eigentlich? Schwarze in Deutschland)

Prejudices, ignorance, and racism still leave their mark on the everyday life of black Germans, respectively Europeans, until today. How do Afro-Germans deal with their history? Which colonial-racist patterns still shape our society today? With insights into various historic epochs, it is made clear that THE history of the Black people does not exist. And neither exists THE history of white people.

13. Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema (Caligari — Wie der Horror ins Kino kam)

On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.

It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.

14. Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte (Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte)

(Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte)

15. Märkische Heide, Märkischer Sand (Märkische Heide, Märkischer Sand)

Volker Koepp revisits Zehdenick and Grüneberg, East Germany. People are struggling with the new political and economical conditions shortly before the German Reunification.

16. An deutschen Tischen (An deutschen Tischen)

Documentation about the intra-German relations after the reunification.

17. Poker um die Deutsche Einheit - Wurde Russland in der NATO-Frage getäuscht? (Poker um die Deutsche Einheit - Wurde Russland in der NATO-Frage getäuscht?)

(Poker um die Deutsche Einheit - Wurde Russland in der NATO-Frage getäuscht?)

18. Erzähle Deine Geschichte - Vom Mauerfall bis heute (Erzähle Deine Geschichte - Vom Mauerfall bis heute)

(Erzähle Deine Geschichte - Vom Mauerfall bis heute)

19. Hitler's Hollywood (Hitlers Hollywood)

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

20. Wir Ostdeutsche - 30 Jahre im vereinten Land (Wir Ostdeutsche - 30 Jahre im vereinten Land)

(Wir Ostdeutsche - 30 Jahre im vereinten Land)