Natalie Gravenor
Natalie Gravenor was born in Oakland, California and moved to Berlin in 1977. She graduated with a degree in mass communications from the Berlin University of the Arts in 1994. Since 1988, she has been involved in video and television production, focusing on cultural topics such as music, media arts as well as politics and the urban transformation of Berlin.
She also worked as a freelance author and translator for Moving Pictures, Screen International, Time Out Guide and The Wire.
Since 2000 she has focused on curation of exhibitions and film programs exploring freedom of expression and other human rights issues from a cultural perspective. Underground film and music in East Central Europe is a particular focus.
She programs and organizes film festivals: Soundwatch Berlin Music Film Festival, One World Berlin Human Rights Film Festival and LETsDOK. (2024)
- Links
- Curated Programs (selected)
2003
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2006
2014
2015-2019 Klipzona @ Speisekino ZK/U Berlin
2019
2019
- Publications
2018/2023: „Ostpunk im Film“ (with Dr. Claus Löser) in: Alexander Pehlemann (Ed.), Warschauer Punk Pakt. Mainz: Ventil Verlag.
2016: „NSK: Postmodern, Post-National, Post-Gender?“ In: C. Busse, A. Nym., A Pehlemann, B. Schipper (Eds.) NSK: Past-Present-Future / 1984-2014-2045. Leipzig: Verlag der Freunde.
- Adapted version for Acta Universitatis Sapientiae Film and Media Studies 14 (2017), 175-196 Media:Post-Modern_Post-National_Post-Gender_Suggestions.pdf
2009: „Rock Music in Film, Television, Music Clips and Media Censorship in Hungary, GDR and post-1990 Germany“ In: A. Skerlep, D. Jontes, I. Tomanic-Trivundza, M. Turnsek-Hancic (Eds.) Media Landscapes in Transition: Changes in Media Systems, Popular Culture and Rhetoric of the Post-Communist Era. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana.
2021 Norient
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