From Expressionism to Hitler: German Cinema and World War II
Film studies professor Michael Smith focuses on German cinema before, during, and after World War II. Clips screened include The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, and Germany Year Zero. This event is part of the Wilmette Public Library’s One Book, Everybody Reads program, which is featuring Affinity Konar’s Holocaust novel Mischling this spring.
The One Book series is funded by Friends of the Wilmette Public Library. Community partners for the 2017 One Book program include The Book Stall, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, The Klezmer Music Foundation, League of Women Voters of Wilmette, Make It Better, NS/Modern Luxury, Rotary Club of Wilmette, Sheridan Road, Unsilence, Village of Kenilworth, Village of Wilmette, Wilmette Beacon, Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce, Wilmette Harbor Rotary Club, Wilmette Life, and Wilmette Public Schools District 39.
Date and Time
Sunday Apr 9, 2017
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
April 9 at 2:00 pm
Location
Wilmette Public Library Auditorium
1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette 60091
Fees/Admission
No admission fee
Contact Information
Barbara Goodman
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