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While making a film about Berlin’s housing crisis, filmmaker Rory Ryder stumbles upon a forgotten East German building, the Silverfish, that just might be a groundbreaking solution for emergency housing worldwide. The result is Lost Silverfish of Berlin which explores the historical significance of the Silverfish and its alignment with contemporary housing trends like tiny houses, mobile homes, and nomadic living.
With never-before-seen footage, viewers are immersed in a captivating story that not only sheds light on the housing challenges afflicting major cities like Berlin but also explores how an unexpected encounter with an overlooked building might hold the key to a more global solution—an emergency shelter that offers genuine dignity and a sense of community for the millions displaced by natural disasters and warfare each year.
Lost Silverfish of Berlin is the first film to tell the untold story of these once-prominent structures, constructed in East Germany after World War II to meet the need for emergency housing and other building needs. Featuring exclusive footage and a rare interview with the Silverfish’s inventor, viewers are taken on an incredible journey that reimagines this forgotten building as a sustainable, dignified solution that could also help bring communities together.
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