Film Streaming: Perspectives on a Time of Upheaval

35 Years of German Reunification: Perspectives on a Time of Upheaval

Film Streaming | Goethe on Demand presents the “KEHRAUS- Trilogy” by Gerd Kroske

Gerd Kroske’s Sweep It Up trilogy offers a rare, longitudinal look at post-reunification life through the eyes of three street cleaners in Leipzig. Spanning 16 years, the series—Sweep It Up (1990), Sweep It Up, Swig It Down (1996), and Sweep It Up, Again (2006)—follows its protagonists through shifting landscapes of hope, disappointment, and resilience, revealing the often-overlooked human toll of political change.

  • Online

  • German with English subtitles
  • Free

free streaming here: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/ney/ver.cfm?event_id=26911525