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Lessons from a Surveillance State
Episode 101

Lessons from a Surveillance State

In the documentary “Karl Marx City,” filmmaker Petra Epperlein investigates a mystery from her East German childhood to discover if her father was an informer for the Stasi secret police. Watching the film, directed by Epperlein and her husband Michael Tucker, you can’t help thinking about our modern state of surveillance and its consequences. — Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

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March 31, 20171m 46s

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In the documentary “Karl Marx City,” filmmaker Petra Epperlein investigates a mystery from her East German childhood to discover if her father was an informer for the Stasi secret police. Watching the film, directed by Epperlein and her husband Michael Tucker, you can’t help thinking about our modern state of surveillance and its consequences.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen

For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

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