Filmscreening: Baldiga – Entsichertes Herz

On 22.11. we invite you to an exclusive screening of the film “Baldiga – Entsichertes Herz” – even before the movie is released! The story of Jürgen Baldiga, one of the most colorful artists of the West Berlin subculture of the 80s, is closely interwoven with the SchwuZ. That’s why there’s no better place than the SchwuZ to show this unique film.

Before the film starts, we have the honor of hosting a Q&A with the screenwriter Ringo Rösener. Here you can find out exciting background information about the making of the film and discuss your questions with Ringo.

“Through and through in the broken environment of desires. Hustlers, transvestites, the mentally ill, alcoholics. That’s where I feel at home. That’s the world that needs to be captured.”

“West Berlin 1979: Jürgen Baldiga, the son of a miner from Essen, has just moved to the city and decides to become an artist. He works as a hustler and cook, writes poems and a diary. With his HIV infection, he discovers photography in 1984. His pictures are intended to stop time and capture reality: They show his friends and lovers, wild sex and life on the street, and again and again the lusty faggots of the gay club SchwuZ, who become his family of choice. Between despair and desire, rebellion and an irrepressible will to survive, Baldiga becomes a chronicler of West Berlin’s subculture in the face of his own imminent death. When he died in 1993 at the age of 34, he left behind thousands of photographs and 40 diaries – a unique artistic legacy.”

Admission is free, so come early to secure the best seats!

20:00 Admission
20:45 Start Q&A
21:00 Start movie (We show the movie in German with English subtitles)