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Chancellor Willy Brandt Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. President John F. Kennedy President Barack Hussein Obama

Rathaus Schöneberg

in cooperation with Commissioner for Integration Tempelhof-Schöneberg

w o r k : P r o f . G a y l e M c K i n n a l a r t e y G r g i n i f f i John-F.-Kennedy-Platz o r i t h 10825 Berlin-Germany

International & Intercultural Diplomacy A Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre Production www.blackinternationalcinema.de

German Commission for RAILBOOKERS UNESCO “Since it was founded in 1986, the Black International Cinema festival in Berlin has developed into one of the most Our festival is supported as an ideal project by the German highly-regarded film events in Europe and movie fans will have the Commission for UNESCO, Bonn. As a result we received the chance to experience it for themselves between May 7th and 10th. following letter of acknowledgement from Christine M. Merkel, Produced and directed by the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, Head of the Division for Culture and Memory of the World. the extravaganza is an interdisciplinary and intercultural celebration of the contribution made by “A COMPLEXION CHANGE 2009-2011 is an International Media black actors and directors in the world of film. Project with a very contemporary and innovative approach. It aims The focus of the festival is to present works of a cultural, artistic at contributing to the strengthening of international understand- and political nature coinciding with the general social, ing, peace and friendship among peoples. It promotes intercultural economic and educational interests of people from Africa. dialogue in the spirit of the ideals and aims of UNESCO. Open to all filmmakers and visitors, the event provides a platform for the impact of cinema from the and people The German Commission for UNESCO appreciates this initiative. with an interest in intercultural relations. We kindly ask you to assist Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and the The Fountainhead® organization is committed to fighting religious, Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / ethnic and gender persecution and seeks to battle The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin discrimination through dialogue and understanding. & Cultural Zephyr e.V. as well as all other co-organizers and By using art, theatre, dance, music and seminars, the foundation project participants in realizing this project. believes that prejudice against disadvantaged groups can be challenged and stronger links within society can be forged. We are convinced that this idea can offer inspiring experience to Visitors will be treated to powerful and thought-provoking many people in the region.” examples of cinema from the past and present.” FILM & SEMINAR PROGRAM THURSDAY • MAY 7 ADMISSION FREE • EINTRITT FREI In April 1992, Richard Fulton, a formerly homeless man BAD HAR KOJA BEKHAHAD MIVAZAD / 4.30 pm • 16.30 h who had been living on Los Angeles’ skid row, opened WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WANTS “I may not make it if I try, Fifth Street Dick’s coffeehouse in the South Central Los Director: Kaveh Ghahremany (Library) but I damn sure won´t if I don´t...” OPENING CEREMONY Bibliothek Angeles neighborhood of Leimert Park. Experimental, Color, 3 min., Iran 2008 SPOKEN WORD no dialogue Oscar Brown Jr. Friends • Neighbors • Music 8 pm • 20 h I became beautiful, when the air of your presence danced with me. Presenters: PRINCE OF BROADWAY Yamil Borges - USA/Berlin Director: Sean Baker NAGHAHIHA / PAINTERS Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith - USA/Berlin Narrative, Color, 100 min., USA 2008 Director: Kaveh Ghahremany MFA Kera - Madagascar/Berlin English Experimental, Color, 2 min., Iran 2008 Astrid Koki - Cameroon/Berlin “Prince of Broadway” is the story of Lucky and Levon, no dialogue Harry Louiserre - Guadeloupe/Berlin two men whose lives converge in the underbelly of Yvette Robertson - USA/Berlin It would be nice if we were aware of how beautifully New York’s wholesale fashion district. Mike Russell - USA/Berlin the paint drops on the canvas of a lid. SEMINAR PRESENTATION Kinosaal (Cinema) ”Males and Society” ZENDEGI PAS AZ MARG / NEXT LIFE Catering: Barbara Saltmann, Ya-Man - Jamaica/Berlin Director: Kaveh Ghahremany Presenters: Yamil Borges, MFA Kera, Astrid Koki, Experimental, Color, 2 min., Iran 2008 6 pm • 18 h Harry Louiserre, Yvette Robertson, Mike Russell no dialogue Perhaps if we knew upon reaching the place where YEK ROZE POR DARD / 10.15 pm • 22.15 h seeds turn into plants, we would realize once more ONE DAY FULL OF PAIN how beautiful and free we will be, then we would never Director: Sattar Chamani Gol ASHEGHHA / LOVERS fear death. Documentary, Color, 20 min., Iran 2008 Director: Kaveh Ghahremany Kurdish with English subtitles Experimental, Color, 1,5 min., Iran 2008 6 THINGS I NEVER TOLD YOU There is an old man in a Kurdistan village in Iran, who no dialogue Directors: Stacey L. Holman, Cinque Northern, Ed Durante, sets broken bones with very simple tools. BAD HAR KOJA BEKHAHAD MIVAZAD / Rod Gailes/OBC, Caran Hartsfield, James Richards WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WANTS Narrative, Color/B/W, 92 min., USA 2005/06 LEIMERT PARK: Director: Naryam Esmikhani English “Mankind will either find a way THE STORY OF A VILLAGE IN SOUTH Experimental, Color, 2 min., Iran 2008 “6 Things I Never Told You” is an anthology of short CENTRAL LOS ANGELES no dialogue films, dealing with committed romantic relationships in or make one.” Director: Jeannette Lindsay flux. C. P. Snow Documentary, Color, 87 min., USA 2006 This is the story of a photographer who takes a photo English of a woman through a window.

nated province in India, whose parents want him to be An Iraqi family, while escorting their bride from Iran, NOLLYWOOD AAN DE SCHELDE / FRIDAY • MAY 8 an officer. confront a frontier official who prevents them from NOLLYWOOD ABROAD crossing the frontier. They are forced to utilize a devi- Director: Saartje Geerts 4.45 pm • 16.45 h ated path to arrive in their own country. Documentary, Color, 48 min., Belgium 2008 8.30 pm • 20.30 h English and Dutch with English subtitles DAR KOCHE BAD MIAYAD / BLAS: EL HOMBRE E SU LEYENDA / PROSE & POETRY / PROSA & POESIE John dreams of a career as a famous and respected Nol- BLAS: THE MAN AND HIS LEGEND THE WIND IS BLOWING IN THE LANE Bibliothek (Library) Director: Diako Yazdani lywood filmmaker, and of building a life in Europe. But Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernán Humberto Restrepo Presenters: Rolf Gänsrich, Friedo, Martin Miersch, then he becomes involved in a shady affair, is arrested Documentary, Color, 58 min., Colombia 2008 Documentary, Color, 9 min., Iran 2008 Elisabeth Quast Persian with English subtitles and convicted of inciting prostitution and complicity in Spanish with English subtitles people trafficking. Composer, conductor, and music professor Blas Emilio A teenage boy selling saplings enters a dry and tree- Atehortúa is one of the most important people in the 10 pm • 22 Uhr less town. He faces strange and bizarre reactions from ABORTION DEMOCRACY - the residents as he is unable to find customers for his history of the arts in Colombia and of the continent, MUKHBIIR POLAND/ saplings. Director: Sarah Diehl during the 20th and 21st centuries. Director: Mani Shankar Documentary, Color, 50 min., Germany 2008 Narrative, Color, 130 min., India 2007/8 MAHTAB ROYE BO / English and Polish with English subtitles Hindi with English subtitles MOONLIGHT ON THE CANVAS 5.45 pm • 17.45 h The documentary feature explores and contrasts This is a film about a young man and the many masks he Director: Amir Hossein Torabi changes in Poland and South Africa, regarding abortion IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE - wears… enacting a desperate drama where forgetting Narrative, Color, 24 min., Iran 2008 laws and their impact on the lives of women. Mumia Abu-Jamal the lines, means instant death. Persian with English subtitles Director: Marc Evans Documentary, Color, 93 min., USA 2008 A young man goes to a painter and wants him to draw a portrait of the girl he loves. 2 pm • 14 h English SATURDAY • MAY 9 This film follows 25 year-old William Francome’s in- UN LUGAR EN EL MUNDO / JOWANGA / TRYST vestigation into the arrest of Mumia Abu-Jamal, famed 10 am • 10 h A PLACE IN THE WORLD Director: Sarkaot Mohammadi death-row prisoner and award-winning Black Panther Director: Juan Falque Narrative, Color, 7 min., Iran 2008 journalist. MATIK / LIPSTICK Documentary, Color, 33 min., Senegal 2008 Kurdish with English subtitles Director: Babak Meinaghi French with English subtitles A young woman and man want to speak with their fami- SEMINAR PRESENTATION Kinosaal (Cinema) Narrative, Color, 10 min., Iran 2007 lies in order to resolve an old animosity, but... ”Mumia and the World” Religion exists since man is man. They change their rites no dialogue and cultures, and share the same essence and support Presenters: Siera and guests to develop the positive qualities of a human being. SIGAR KESHIDAN DARBAD / DIGAR KASI NIST / SMOKING IN THE WIND THERE IS NOBODY ANYMORE Director: Zahra Aliakbari 8 pm • 20 h Director: Kaveh Ghahremany 12 am • 12 h Narrative, Color, 11 min., Iran 2008 Experimental, Color, 6 min., Iran 2008 Persian with English subtitles BAHA / THE WILD FLOWER Persian with English subtitles TORKO, TORENTO, TEHRAN ”Smoking in the Wind” is not a story. It is an image of Director: Shriprakash Hope for that day... Director: Kaveh Ovaisi Narrative, Color, 117 min., India 2008 Experimental, Color, 9 min., Iran 2008 routine life nestled in silence and expectations. Nagpuri with English subtitles SONOR / BORDER Persian with English subtitles Director: Sattar Chamani Gol This is the story of a tribal boy who wants to become Narrative, Color, 10 min., Iran 2008 “Torko, Torento, Tehran” depicts the story of three a singer, in the capital city of a poor and tribal domi- Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles Iranian taxi drivers in three cities of the world.

bic_09_flyer_print_END.indd 1 04/20/2009 01:22:31 SATURDAY • MAY 9 2 pm • 14 h 6 pm • 18 h 8 pm • 20 h TAPOLOGO KHORSHID, MAN, SAYEH / 68º & CLEAR Directors: Gabriela & Sally Gutiérez Dewar SUN, ME, SHADOW Director: Dawn Westlake Documentary, Color, 88 min., Spain/South Africa 2008 Director: Kaveh Ghahremany Narrative, Color/B/W, 12 min., USA 2007 Spanish with English subtitles Experimental, Color, 4 min., Iran 2008 English In Freedom Park, a squatter settlement in South Africa, no dialogue An 11-year-old mugger saves the life of a suicidal wid- a group of HIV-infected former sex-workers, created a Every second, trees are changing from what they used ow. Just another day in L.A., where it’s always 68°F network called Tapologo. to be and we don’t notice, maybe because they are and clear. grand or maybe, because they are calm and peaceful. THE HUSTLE Berlin 4 pm • 16 h DERAKHTE MAN / MY TREE Director: Deon Taylor Magdeburg Director: Sara Siadat Nejad Narrative, Color, 102 min., USA 2008 Wolfsburg DAVIS MEETS DAVEMAN Experimental, Color, 6 min., Iran 2008 English Directors: Stefanie Dresch & Simone Pfeifer no dialogue Dessau Documentary, Color, 27 min., Germany 2008/09 When a couple of two-bit hustlers decide they’re ready English and German with English subtitles A young painter is attempting to draw a thin and dried for their next challenge, they stumble upon an idea for tree, which is the last tree on the seashore. the greatest con ever: starting a church so they can The film is a portrait of the German-Nigerian musician rake in all the parishioners’ fine money. BERLIN Daveman, also known as Maximumstyle. WHAT SHALL I TELL MY CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK SIKUMOYA, DER SCHWARZE NAZI / The Legacy of Margaret T.G. Burroughs 8.30 pm • 20.30 h SUNDAYS SIKUMOYA, THE BLACK NAZI Director: Nate B. Grant Directors: Karl-Friedrich & Tilman König Documentary, Color, 30 min., USA 2008 SEMINAR PRESENTATION Bibliothek (Library) 9-10 pm • 21-22 h Narrative, Color, 68 min., Germany 2006 English International Film Forum Presentation German with English subtitles Offener Kanal Berlin The film explores the African American Diaspora Presenters: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and guests “Sikumoya, the Black Nazi”, Congolese Sikumoya Voigt, through poetry, verse, song and dramatization. wants to enter the NPO (National Party of the East). He tries to prove that he can also be “German” with MINDELO - TRAZ D’HORIZONTE / 10 pm • 22 h a black skin color. MINDELO - BEHIND THE HORIZON URBANWORLD production & direction LEBE DEINEN ALBTRAUM / Director: Alexis Tsafas Director: Malik Isasis LIVE YOUR NIGHTMARE Documentary, Color, 73 min., Cape Verde 2008 Narrative, Color, 120 min., USA 2006 Fountainhead® Portuguese, Creole with English subtitles Director: Otu Tetteh English Tanz Theatre Documentary, Color, 13 min., Germany 2008 ”Mindelo - Behind the Horizon” is a documentary re- Two brothers plunge headlong into the seedy under- German with English subtitles garding the small city-port of Cape Verde, situated in belly of contemporary America. the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The struggle against fascism has a lot of faces, one of them belongs to Tibor Sturm.

MEIN VATER DER LUO / A Kermanshah village at the Iran-Iraq border. A flood The “jungle madness” known as Grissi Siknis is a con- SUNDAY • MAY 10 MY FATHER THE LUO has destroyed the bridge. To reconstruct it, people be- tagious, indigenous syndrome, that occurs among the Director: Tomasz Magierski gin the hard work. Miskito of Eastern Central America and affects mainly 10 am • 10 h Documentary, Color, 40 min., USA 2008 young women. English, Polish and German with English subtitles NOT ENOUGH NIGHT Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino PESAYE ZIBAYEMAN PASHA MISHAVAD / Roma Ndolo, was born in Germany, to a Polish mother MY BEAUTIFUL SON WILL BE KING Experimental, Color, 8 min., USA 2007 4 pm • 16 h and a Kenyan father. She decided to visit Kenya to find English Director: Salem Salavati the African roots of and her own. THE PROFESSOR - Timuel D. Black, Jr. Narrative, Color, 9 min., Iran 2008 “Not Enough Night” is a swan song for bygone hipsters, Director: Charles O’Bannon, Jr. Kurdish with English subtitles who longed for more “life” amid the coming storm of Documentary, Color, 13 min., USA 2008 The struggle and worries of a rural family for the sur- 12 am • 12 h the post-World War II suburbs, shopping malls and the English lonely existence of the solitary consumer. vival of their only son, who is physically challenged. ASHKHA / TEARS The film provides a brief history of a radical philosophy, Director: Kaveh Ghahremany A CHARMED LIFE presented by one of Chicago’s most respected educa- AFIA Experimental, Color, 6 min., Iran 2008 Directors: Ros Gihan Williams & Patrick Vernon tors. Director: Lacey Duke Persian with English subtitles Documentary, Color, 64 min., UK 2008 DAS FINALE / THE FINAL Narrative, Color, 10 min., USA 2007 English English A couple of drawing pens are living a normal life to- Director: Zora Rux gether. The documentary examines Eddie Noble’s perspectives Documentary, Color, 15 min., Germany 2007 Being a kid can be tricky. Just ask Afia. She’s a misunder- and values of inspiring young people and presents a his- German with English subtitles stood 9-year old Michael Jackson fanatic, who just can’t torical perspective on the issues supporting colonization TEHRAN 318 “The Final” tells the story of a day in the life of Jeremia seem to keep herself out of trouble. Director: Soran Mardookhi of the Caribbean, racism in the RAF during the War, the color bar and racial inequality in post-war Britain. and is a portrait of the German soul after the euphoric Experimental, Color, 6 min., Iran 2008 weeks of the soccer championships in 2006. BE NAME MEHR / no dialogue IN THE NAME OF AFFECTION TOGO Director: Dr. Farid Mirkhani In front of a house where an after-funeral mourning 2 pm • 14 h Directors: Nicholas Peart & Pierre Morath Documentary, Color, 33 min., Iran 2008 ceremony is taking place, a young man is washing his Documentary, Color, 80 min., Switzerland 2008 Persian with English subtitles taxi cab. AZ MIAN IN HAME / ONE OF MANY Director: Zahra Aliakbari French with English subtitles The kangaroo mother cares for her cub by keeping it DARDESARE GHAIRE MOJAZ / Documentary, B/W, 17 min., Iran 2008 The documentary proposes to depict the interior of inside the marsupial. By imitating this natural method, IMPERMISSIBLE PROBLEM Persian with English subtitles Togolese society through its perception of the World the science of medicine has invented the “kangaroo Cup 2006 and the course of the Togolese national Director: Ahmad Golzarian A young director is looking for a story regarding taxis mother care, K.M.C.” for helping the premature newly- Narrative, Color, 16 min., Iran 2008 team, within the framework of this event. born child to survive. to make a film. She speaks with a taxi driver, who talks Kurdish with English subtitles about his experiences and tells her many things about CIRCLE UNBROKEN As there are no local TV channels in a village in Kurd- his passengers. 6 pm • 18 h Director: Sandra Nikolajevs istan-Iran, a young boy rents a shop to sell and rent GRISSI SIKNIS - LA ENFERMEDAD AU COEUR DES THEATRES / Documentary, Color, 27 min., USA 2008 movies. MAGICA DE LA SELVA / English HEART OF THEATRES FARSHE CHOB / THE WOODEN CARPET GRISSI SIKNIS - THE MAGIC SICKNESS Director: Nicolas Moncadas Director: Abdolrahman Mirani “Circle Unbroken” is the musical adaptation of Margot OF THE JUNGLE Documentary, Color/B/W, 26 min., /Benin 2008 Documentary, Color, 20 min., Iran 2008 Director: Enrique Ruiz-Skipey Theis Raven’s children’s story “Circle Unbroken”. Set French to the music of William Grant Still. no dialogue Documentary, Color, 94 min., Spain/Nicaragua 2008 Spanish and Miskito with English subtitles Theatre in West Africa.

LA VIE RÊVÉE DE SARAH 10 pm • 22 h EDITORIAL • PRODUCTION Director: Giscard Bouchotte Documentary, Color, 26 min., France/Haïti 2008 Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre “FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND?” - Gallery Presentation THE QUINTESSENTIAL BLACK WOMEN by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre Creole and French with German subtitles founded • berlin germany • 1980 Director: Charles O’Bannon, Jr. Black International Cinema Berlin Documentary, B/W, 7 min., USA 2008 PROGRAM/POSTER/FLYER DESIGN INSIDE BUFFALO Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Film/Video, Dance, Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre English Theatre, Music, Seminar and Gallery Presentations, Director: Fred Kudjo Kuwornu PRODUCTION BOARD Documentary, Color/B/W, 59 min., 2009 The film is a tribute to African American women and Germany & USA The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Margrit Abou-Dakn • Berlin English and Italian with English subtitles features photographs of Black women, by photogra- Charles Achaye-Odong • Berlin/Uganda pher Robert Abbott Sengstacke. Berlin/Magdeburg/Wolfsburg/Dessau “Inside Buffalo” uncovers the story of the 92nd division, Fountainhead® Distribution Service Dr. Themba Kadalie • Berlin/Rep. of South Africa Juanita M. Nuñez • USA an African American segregated combat unit of the US SHOBHAYATRA Cultural Zephyr e.V. army, which fought in Italy against the National Social- Hans Pfleiderer • Berlin/USA Director: Vijay Ghatge FOUNDERS/PUBLISHERS/PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS ists during World War II. Andrew Salgado • USA Narrative, Color, 93 min., India 2005 Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith • Berlin/USA Michael Söchtig • Berlin Hindi with English subtitles Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith • Berlin/USA Donald Muldrow McKinney Griffith II • Berlin/USA Print: hinkelstein-druck.de 8 pm • 20 h Laugh with the legends - Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Tilak, Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith • Berlin/USA Rani of Jhansi and the little known martyr Babu Genu MADARAM SAYEH BOLANDI DARAD / PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR MY MOM HAS A LONG SHADOW are ”trapped” in an abandoned warehouse. Angela Kramer • Berlin/USA CONTACT INFORMATION Director: Kaveh Ghahremany program subject to change PUBLIC RELATIONS CO-ORDINATOR ® Narrative, Color, 10 min., Iran 2008 Marion Kramer • Berlin/USA FOUNTAINHEAD TANZ THEATRE BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN Persian with English subtitles PUBLIC RELATIONS THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin Mothers are God’s angels in the universe. Cordula Alkert • Berlin “Whatever you do..., be cool!” Rolf Gänsrich • Berlin www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de WEEKEND Primus Guenou • Togo www.blackinternationalcinema.de Director: Ramim’s Joseph Louis Turner Victoria Hale • USA www.black-international-cinema.com Astrid Koki • Berlin/Cameroon e-mail: [email protected] Narrative, Color, 10 min., Madagascar 2007 Harry Louiserre • Berlin/Guadeloupe Malgache with French subtitles Ursula Wunder • Berlin To disguise his criminal acts, a man donates money to TECHNICAL CO-ORDINATION the church, while pretending to his friends that he has Cordula Alkert • Berlin no time to socialize. “Yes, I can...!” Donald Muldrow McKinney Griffith II • Berlin/USA mit freundlicher Unterstützung von Sammy Davis Jr. Martin Kersten • Berlin LA BATAILLE DES ABSENTS Thomas M. Wendt • Berlin Director: Madje Ayite COSTUME DESIGN & MAKE-UP CO-ORDINATION Narrative, Color, 90 min., Togo 2008 Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith • Berlin/USA French with English subtitles Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith • Berlin/USA Akofa is a young unemployed graduate. The society she “Yes, We can...!” TRANSLATIONS/EDITING lives in is full of corruption and debauchery, but Akofa Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, chooses an honest life. Barack Obama Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith, Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Donald Muldrow McKinney Griffith II Angela Kramer, Marion Kramer

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre ... sind eine internationale, interkulturelle Gemeinschaft von Menschen mit dem Black International Cinema Berlin Engagement für ein besseres Verständnis und wachsende Kooperation zwischen Individuen und Gruppen, mit Unterstützung des demokratischen Prozesses und Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Film/Video, Dance, Theatre, Music, Seminar and der Beseitigung von Gewalt, Verfolgung aufgrund religiöser, ethnischer und Gallery Presentations Germany & USA geschlechtlicher Zugehörigkeit, Kindes- und Jugendmissbrauch, Homosexuellen- Feindlichkeit und von Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur The Collegium - Forum & Television und des Dialogs. Program Berlin Magdeburg • Wolfsburg • Dessau ...sont une communauté internationale et interculturelle de personnes engagées à promouvoir la compréhension et la coopération croissantes entre les individus et les in association with groupes, à l´appui des outils démocratiques et à travers l´élimination de la violence, Cultural Zephyr e.V. de la persécution religieuse, ethnique et sexuelle, de l´exploitation de la jeunesse, de l´homophobie et de la haine raciale par le processus de l´art, de l´éducation, ... are an international, intercultural community of persons engaged in Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre achieving increasing understanding produziert und leitet seit 29 and cooperation between Jahren internationale, interkultu- individuals and groups in support relle, interdisziplinäre und cine- of democratic procedures and the matische Produktionen in Berlin, elimination of violence, religious, anderen europäischen Städten ethnic and gender persecution, und in den USA. Ein Beispiel die- youth exploitation, homophobia ser Produktionen ist das XXIV. and racial hatred through the Black International Cinema Ber- process of art, education, culture lin/Germany & USA 2009 (BICB), and dialogue. ein jährliches Festival, gegründet 1986, auf dem Filme/Videos, Tanz, Theater, Musik, Seminare Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre und Ausstellungen präsentiert has produced and directed werden. international, intercultural, inter- Des Weiteren produziert und disciplinary and cinematic pro- leitet Fountainhead® The Colle- ductions for 29 years in Berlin, gium - Forum & Fernsehmagazin other European venues and Berlin/Magdeburg/Wolfsburg/ the USA. An example of these Dessau und veröffentlicht jährlich productions is the XXIV. Black die Black International Cinema International Cinema Berlin/ Anthologie und die Festival Bro- Germany & USA 2009 (BICB), Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith schüre, in denen künstlerische, an annual festival, founded 1986, co-founder/director • photo: Martha Swope kulturelle und sozialpolitische presenting film/video, dance, Themen von einer internationalen theatre, music, seminars and Gruppe von AutorInnen behan- gallery exhibitions. delt werden. Weiterhin sind In addition, Fountainhead® produces and directs The Collegium - Forum darin Presseartikel, die Film- & Television Program Berlin/Magdeburg/Wolfsburg/Dessau and annually listen des BICB sowie Beschrei- publishes the Black International Cinema Anthology and festival broschure, bungen anderer Produktionen in which artistic, cultural and socio-political issues are discussed by an von Fountainhead® enthalten. international group of authors. Also included are press articles and film lists 1990 gründete Fountainhead® from the BICB and other Fountainhead® productions. In 1990 Fountainhead® Cultural Zephyr e.V. als einen founded Cultural Zephyr e.V. as a non-profit organization. gemeinnützigen Verein. Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith

THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN • MAGDEBURG • WOLFSBURG • DESSAU www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html THE COLLEGIUM, in association with Fountain- THE COLLEGIUM in Verbindung mit Fountain- L’ Émission Télévisée- LE COLLÉGIUM, en association head® Tanz Theatre, the XXIV. Black International head® Tanz Theatre, dem XXIV. Black International avec Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, le XXIV. Cinéma Cinema Berlin 2009 and Cultural Zephyr e.V., Cinema Berlin 2009 und Cultural Zephyr e.V. International Noir Berlin 2009 et le Cultural Zephyr was founded in Berlin, Germany on May 14, wurde am 14. Mai 1995 in Berlin von Prof. Donald e.V., a été foundée à Berlin, en Allemagne le 1995 by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Muldrow Griffith, Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, 14. mai, 1995 par les Professeurs Donald Muldrow Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, Mark Headley and Mark Headley und Calvann Cole als ein interna- Griffith, Gayle McKinney Griffith, Mark Headley Calvann Cole as an international, intercultural and tionales, interkulturelles und interdisziplinäres et Calvann Cole comme forum international, interdisciplinary seminar and television forum. Seminar- und Fernsehforum gegründet. interculturel et interdisciplinaire de télévision.

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