Cowboys & Communists

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Title

Cowboys & Communists

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NZ On Screen

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Description

Centering on hip Berlin bar and burlesque joint White Trash Fast Food, this 64 minute documentary explores life in East Berlin after the wall — a place where libertines and die-hard communists co-exist, not always harmoniously. The cowboy of the title is Wally Potts, who escaped from Los Angeles and launched an Americana bar in Berlin. The Communist is Horst Woitalla, an ex-journalist who lives upstairs. Horst mourns the end of the old regime, and yearns for a decent sleep. Kiwi director Jess...

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Format

Video

Date created

2007

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/cowboys-and-communists-2007

Related subjects

east berlin / communism / white trash fast food / freedom / hamburgers / burlesque / noise / neighbours / zoning / berlin wall / wally potts / horst woitalla / krylon superstar / wolfgang sinhart / steve morrell / allen d benn / trinity sarrat / lloyd clark / waltrand abraham / wolfgang krueger / mad kate / juan of a kind / bar / nightlife / germany / pale music / american culture / americana / united states / community / tattoo / steve morell

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