Beate Bartel
Acting
Biography
Born in West Berlin, Bartel worked as a sound engineer for the city's public broadcasting service, Sender Freies Berlin, before forming the all-female punk band Mania D in 1979 with Karin Luner, Eva Gössling, Bettina Köster, and Gudrun Gut.
Known For
At the end of the 70s, punk promised rebellion and self-empowerment, also for women in the scene. They fought for their place on stage among the dominant punk top dogs, battling against social norms and long-outdated female role models. This is their story.
Einfach machen! She-Punks von 1977 bis heute
A documentary about women in the punk rock scene in Europe.
Women in Rock
Shocking, often hilarious, and always controversial, Rosa von Praunheim delivers a radical treatise on heterosexuality in Red Love by intertwining statements of an outspoken, middle aged advocate of free love, with a melodramatic reenactment of a feminist novel by Alexandra Kollontai, Lenin's first Minister of Culture. Frau Helga Goetze, who at the age of 46 left her seven children and husband of 30 years, describes in detail the progress of her sexual liberation. Now 55 years old, she conservatively estimates the number of her lovers over the last few years at 200.