We meet her at the offices of Production Company x. During the Berlin International Film Festival when the whole city is in film fever. For. The barrel and celebrating its 70th anniversary to start a relay what role does the Film Festival play for you personally and your career. Feel berlin is my city even though i listened born here but ive been living here since before the fall of the wall and i think people also identify with the city and in turn i identify with the festival festival. For 10 days the Film Industry takes over berlin girl and attracts stars and filmmakers hollywood productions and independent movies constructor is in the thick of things she and the festival go way back. In 1906 when she appeared in donnie laybys film silent night which was in the competition its 3 main characters are involved in a messy love triangle and decided to try to unpick the situation on Christmas Eve a different take on the festive season. If many people did and i mean. Lets. Just. Let it was
The exhibition shows the power from exclusion to mass murder through interactive audio visual elements visitors learn about the events that culminated in the vandy conference and the holocaust and about the fates of the victims a centerpiece of the exhibition is a copy of the minutes of the meeting that took place here in january 942. 00 a meeting of which top nazi officials organized the systematic murder of European Jews to advance the stands were very complex process its about the administration of the division of labor with a murder and of course its a challenge to find the right balance and to present this in a form that can be grassed relatively quickly by a broad public. East the new exhibition opens just ahead of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the death camps. Were right in the middle of the awards season which will come and that culminate in the oscars on february the 9th on sunday night in los angeles it was the turn of the Screen Actors Guild awards held in great
Troops. How many more sparks can this powder keg take. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start with the politics lead. It is official, secretary of state mike pompeo will meet with the president of ukraine this week in kiev. Arriving after the top diplomat there, bill taylor who testified in the impeachment inquiry was encouraged to leave his post. And as we learn new details about the white house efforts to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid to ukraine to at least in part push ukraine to commence an investigation that might help President Trump political has admitted in emails obtained by the New York Times mulvaney asked about with holding the aid nearly a month before that now Infamous Trump ukraine conversation and only to be cautioned by one to say expect congress to become unhinged and a known meeting with top Security Officials trying to convince him to release the aid arguing it was in the best interest of the United States, ome only to be rebuffed b
We have delicious locally sourced food and drinks. And a careful book selection not around you. We invite people and we have a lot of regulars. Some of our regulars write books. Sometimes we get to celebrate those books the day after they are launched into the world. Tonight we are incredibly excited to welcome dale brand here to bergen hand. ab this week of all weeks i think it feels especially special to welcome dale to speak about this topic in the city of baltimore. In a space we often like to say yes you got coffee, yes we got food, yes we have books. There is a transaction element that we are really here to build community and celebrate culture in a place where thats incredibly important. I think im speaking to a room full of people who know and love baltimore. I think that assertion is the only real answer to a week like this week where maybe a certain meme culture and reduction of nuance truths has come to the forefront and possibly we get to discuss that tonight. As dale who i