POTSDAM REVISITED: OVERTURE TO THE COLD WAR
This multimedia collaboration explores a remarkable intersection of history and music that took place as Truman, Stalin, and Churchill prepared to negotiate the end of World War II. The project includes a short film The Rifleman’s Violin, a photo-gallery and other archival materials that provide a rare glimpse into the end of the war and the first days of the allied occupation of Berlin.
Project Team
Director: Sam Ball
Producer: Abraham Sofaer
Director of Photography: Sophie Constantinou
Editor: Mike Shen
Production & Research Coordinators: Cassandra Dreher & Sasha Riddle
ABOUT POTSDAM REVISITED: OVERTURE TO THE COLD WAR
A partnership between Citizen Film and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Potsdam Revisited: Overture to the Cold War was designed to reimagine the function of a modern archive as a powerful convener of public dialogue and historical reflection in the digital age. This multimedia project includes a physical archive, a digital archive, and public media that has already reached nearly 500,000 people. The project launched with a series of live, multimedia concert events at Stanford University, Lincoln Center NY and other theatrical venues. Media from these events was edited into a radio segment on NPR’s Weekend Edition, and a short film will air repeatedly on KQED – Bay Area Public Media, Channel 9. Visit the digital archive and find out about upcoming events at www.potsdamrevisited.org.
MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE TEAM
Director: Sam Ball
Producer: Abraham Sofaer
Interactive Design: Sean Nilsson
Advisory Panel: Jonathan Berger, Norman Naimark, Scott Sagan, Hon. George P. Shultz, Eric Wakin
Archivists: Linda Bernard, Rachel Bauer
Researchers: Cassandra Dreher & Sasha Riddle
