Hamburg-based writer, curator, and filmmaker
Thomas TODE specializes in essay film, the
Soviet avant-garde, and political documentary
film, focusing primarily on films dealing with
architecture, archeology, and “re-education.”
His curatorial projects include “PhotoFilm!”
(National Gallery of Art Washington, 2012;
Tate Modern London, 2010), and “bauhaus
& film” (Barbican Centre London, 2012,
and other venues). TODE has published
books on Johan VAN DER KEUKEN, Chris
MARKER, Dziga VERTOV, Potemkin and
MEISEL, and other topics. Forthcoming
publications include Documenting Nazi
Atrocities: Hidden Agendas of the First Films
about the Holocaust.