Black International Cinema Berlin

A Complexion Change
Transnational & Intercultural Diplomacy
An International Media Project (UNESCO)

XXVIII. Black International Cinema Berlin
"Future Blossoms" / "Blüten der Zukunft"

May 8-12

"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition
"...Visions Become Reality..." / "...Visionen Werden Wirklichkeit..."

July 1-August 31

2013

Venue: Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall), John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin/Germany

"Only when lions have historians will hunters cease being heroes." - African Proverb

"Nur wenn Löwen ihre eigenen Geschichtsschreiber haben,
werden Jäger aufhören, Helden zu sein." - Afrikanisches Sprichwort

 

Venue / Veranstaltungsort
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy Saal, Kinosaal, Bibliothek

John-F.-Kennedy Hall, Cinema, Library
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin/Germany

Admission free / Eintritt frei

please download the festival program >here<

Program Schedule

MAY 8 ... MAY 9 ... MAY 10 ... MAY 11 ... MAY 12

Friday . May 10 (Kinosaal/Cinema)
2 pm / 14 Uhr

THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN:
A PORTRAIT OF ROSWITHA GÜNTHER /
EIN PORTRAIT ÜBER ROSWITHA GÜNTHER

Director: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
Documentary, Color, 80 min.
Germany 2013
German with English subtitles

Friday . May 10 (Kinosaal/Cinema)
4 pm / 16 Uhr

MOMENTS OF AWAKENINGS
Director: Amir Kaufmann
Narrative, Color, 23 min.
Germany 2008
English

PRESENT PAST TOMORROW
Director: Amir Kaufmann
Narrative, Color, 22 min.
Germany 2011
no dialogue

CYCLE OF EXISTENCE
Director: Amir Kaufmann
Narrative/Experimental, Color, 25 min.
Germany 2012
no dialogue

Friday . May 10 (Kinosaal/Cinema)
6 pm / 18 Uhr

GHATRE GHATRE / GUTTY
Director: Seyed Sajad Moosavi
Narrative/Experimental, Color, 4 min.
Iran 2012
no dialogue

TAIKO: INOCHI NO KODO
Director: Iván Muñoz
Documentary, Color, 15 min.
Spain 2012
Spanish and Japanese with English subtitles

NEGAHI BE ASEMAN / A LOOK TOWARDS THE SKY
Director: Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh
Documentary, Color, 40 min.
Iran 2012
Persian with English subtitles

MILAGROS: MADE IN MEXICO
Directors: Martina Guzmán & Monique Velásquez
Documentary, Color, 56 min.
USA/Mexico
English and Spanish with English subtitles

Friday . May 10 (Bibliothek/Library)
6 pm / 18 Uhr

Seminar

ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL / ALLE POLITIK IST LOKAL
How we betray today's victims of genocide in Central Africa /
Wie wir die heutigen Opfer von Völkermord in Zentralafrika verraten

Presenter/Präsentatorin: Dr. Sabine Grund
and Guests / und Gäste

Dr. Sabine Grund and guests explore the "hidden hands" behind the atrocities in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Who has covered up all these crimes and prolonged the suffering? And what needs to be done to restore justice?

Dr. Sabine Grund und ihre Gäste untersuchen die "versteckten Mächte" hinter den Grausamkeiten in Ruanda, Uganda und der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. Wer hat all diese Verbrechen vertuscht und das Leiden verlängert? Und was muss geschehen, um Gerechtigkeit wiederherzustellen?

Friday . May 10 (Kinosaal/Cinema)
8 pm / 20 Uhr

A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM GREAVES
MALCOLM X: NATIONALIST OR HUMANIST?
Producer/Director: Madeline Anderson
Executive Producer: William Greaves
Documentary, B/W, 14 min
USA
English

QUARTERBACK - A LOOK AT DR. ERNEST C. WITHERS
Director: Chuck O'Bannon
Documentary, Color, 20 min.
USA 2012
English

TOMLINSON HILL
Director: Lisa Kaselak
Documentary, Color, 70 min.
USA 2012
English

Friday . May 10 (Bibliothek/Library)
8 pm / 20 Uhr

Seminar

VOGUING IN BERLIN

Presenter/Präsentator: Wolfgang Busch
and Guests / und Gäste

As documented in the film "How Do I Look" (director: Wolfgang Busch, presented during the XXIII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2008), the Harlem "Ball" traditions originated in the 70's, which were historically an off shoot from the Harlem "Drag Balls" of the 20's. Because of the loss of hundreds of members and leaders of the "Ball" community due to the HIV epidemic, "How Do I Look" was able to record an important aspect of the history and legacy which was still available.

Wie in dem Film "How Do I Look" dokumentiert (Regie: Wolfgang Busch, präsentiert während des XXIII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2008), hat die Harlemer "Ball"-Tradition ihren Ursprung in den 70er Jahren und ist geschichtlich ein Nebenzweig der Harlemer "Drag-Balls" aus den 20ern. Da es durch die HIV-Epidemie den Verlust von Hunderten von Mitgliedern und Führungspersönlichkeiten der "Ball"-Gesellschaft zu beklagen gibt, stellt "How Do I Look" mit dieser Aufzeichnung ein unschätzbares Zeitzeugnis dar.

Friday . May 10 (Kinosaal/Cinema)
10 pm / 22 Uhr

PINK GIRL
Director: Sarah Shamash
Experimental, Color, 4 min.
Canada 2010
no dialogue

4-1-9
Director: Alexander Etseyatse
Narrative, Color, 15 min.
USA 2012
English

BERLIN ANGELS
Director: Jens Roth
Narrative, Color, 21 min.
Germany 2012
English, German and Pashto with English subtitles

ON VAMPYRES AND OTHER SYMPTOMS
Director: Celia Novis
Documentary, Color, 74 min.
Spain 2011
English, Spanish, French and Catalan with English subtitles

 

MOTTOES

"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won´t if I don´t..."
Oscar Brown Jr.

"Mankind will either find a way or make one."
C.P. Snow

"Whatever you do..., be cool!"
Joseph Louis Turner

"Yes, I can...!"
Sammy Davis Jr.

"Yes, We can...!"
Barack Obama

 

Prof.  Donald Muldrow Griffith

Embassy of the United States of America

Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung

 

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wave magazine

united against racism

tulipphoto

African Women in Europe

 
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History
Tribute to William Greaves
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
download pdf >here<
The Oasis/...Art & Culture...
Gifts of Art
Indiana University South Bend
Yes, They Can! - 33 Years Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
by Ursula Wunder