Benjamin Cantu

Creator of the documentary 'Eldorado - il nightclub odiato dai nazisti'.

The reviewed documentary 'Eldorado - il nightclub odiato dai nazisti' (available on Netflix according to the review) uses archival images, interviews with historians and fictional scenes to trace the history of the Eldorado nightclub, Berlin's queer nightlife in the 1920s, its repression after 1933, and subsequent legal penalties that persisted in postwar Germany.

A positive review of Benjamin Cantu's documentary 'Eldorado - il nightclub odiato dai nazisti'. The film uses archival images, historian interviews and fictional scenes to recount Berlin's vibrant queer nightlife in the 1920s and its repression after 1933. The review notes the film is available on Netflix and highlights the legal persecutions that continued after WWII.

For:Readers interested in queer history, Weimar-era Berlin, documentary films, and 20th-century European history.