Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center

The McGillicuddy Humanities Center presents a screening of Rolf Losansky’s 1989 film, Farewell Disco, as part of its 2024-2025 Symposium, “From Talkies to TikTok: 100 Years of Audiovisual Storytelling.” Farewell Disco tells the story of a grieving young man who takes up a solitary practice of climate activism and amateur forestry just before German reunification. This event is sponsored by the School of Forest Resources, the Climate Change Institute, the Department of Modern Languages & Classics, and a “Germany on Campus” grant from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Dr. Mariana Ivanova, Associate Professor of German Film and Media and Academic Director of the DEFA Film Library at UMass-Amherst, will lead a discussion of the film. Light refreshments will be served. Time and date: Monday, November 4, at 4 pm. Location: IMRC Center 104. Contact: mhc@maine.edu. This event is free and open to the public.