E50 - 100 Years DAAD | Conversation with Su Friedrich

About this episode

In this milestone episode, Hanni Geist celebrates 50 episodes of Coffee Connections with filmmaker Su Friedrich, discussing her grandfather's role in founding DAAD and its impact on her artistic journey.

Celebrating 50 episodes of Coffee Connections! For nearly five years, I’ve shared stories from people building bridges between the U.S. and Germany, many supported through DAAD funding. For this milestone — and DAAD’s 100-year anniversary — I spoke with filmmaker Su Friedrich, granddaughter of Carl Joachim Friedrich, one of DAAD’s founders. In a beautiful twist, Su had no idea her grandfather helped create the very program that later supported her own artistic journey. I’m so grateful for everyone who’s joined me on this path. Here’s to 50 episodes... and many more. Have a listen! Check out Su's work at https://sufriedrich.com/.

People in this episode

Guest: Su Friedrich

Topics covered

• DAAD
• filmmaking
• artistic journey
• U.S.-Germany relations

Keywords

• 100 years DAAD
• milestone
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Su Friedrich's work

Books & works: Coffee Connections

Places: U.S., Germany

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