To coincide with LGBT+ History Month, there will be a free screening of the landmark German silent film Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others, 1919).
Made 100 years ago, this collaboration between the filmmaker Richard Oswald and the sexologist and human rights campaigner Magnus Hirschfeld was the first film to advocate for homosexual law reform. Quickly banned after its release and suppressed under the Nazis, the film was long believed to be lost. Since its rediscovery, this important piece of queer history has been pieced back together by archivists, using surviving film fragments, still photographs and censorship documents.
The screening will be followed by a brief panel discussion with lecturers from the University of Lincoln Schools of History & Heritage and Film & Media, including Dr Chiara Beccalossi, Dr Gábor Gergely, Dr Christine Grandy and Dr Chris O’Rourke.
The screening will take place on 20th February, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the Cargill Lecture Theatre in the Minerva Building.