Documentary · East Germany · 2023 · 30m

I Laugh to Keep from Crying

Ich lache, um nicht zu weinen

Synopsis

This portrait shows Black cartoonist Oliver Harrington from New York, who fled to the GDR. For his political drawings, he drew on worldly anecdotes and his love of storytelling. Director Hans Hattop later taught videography at the University of Film and Television.

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