Professor David Peimer
Joseph Goebbels and Propaganda
Summary
Investigating Leni Riefenstahl’s influence as a propaganda filmmaker for Hitler and the techniques she employed to create powerful and captivating images. Also considered is the relevance of her work in today’s digital age.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.
If some of these ideas could be used in a positive way, it could absolutely counter it. In trying to understand these pernicious and ferocious and horrific of using propaganda, we learn that these ideas can be used the other way around to give more positive messages.