THE SPIES AMONG US

2025 Nominee SXSW Grand Jury Award

(USA • Doc. • 92 min.)
Screening Rm. 10/10 11:30am

Friday October 10th, 2025 @ 11:30am
The Screening Room WEST

A rare look into the inner workings of a data-driven surveillance state run by one of the most feared secret police forces the world has ever known – East Germany’s Stasi. A personal investigation into family secrets by Peter Keup, a Stasi victim-turned-historian, takes a turn when he contacts the men who ran the system. These are the first dialogues between Stasi officers and a victim ever recorded. Through these encounters a terrifying mosaic is built of the lengths people go to maintain power in a dictatorship, as well as the indomitable human spirit that seeks truth and self-determination.
Directed by Jamie Silverman, Gabriel Silverman