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XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2009

CALL FOR ENTRIES

XXIV. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN, MAY 2009
Intercultural/Interdisciplinary film/video, dance, theatre,
music & seminar presentations Berlin/Germany & USA

For entry form and further information, please consult
www.blackinternationalcinema.de

 

FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS 2008
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC08/html/bic_08.htm

 

Black International Cinema Berlin is a yearly interdisciplinary, intercultural film/video festival produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin in association with Cultural Zephyr e.V. and, screens cinema from the African Diaspora and other films from varied intercultural backgrounds or perspectives.
Black International Cinema Berlin originated from the Black Cultural Festival, which was produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre in 1986 for the first time in Europe, a 3-week event in Berlin, which presented the contributions of Black people to world culture through film, theater, dance, music, workshops and seminars, and was an homage to the legendary tap dancer, Carnell Lyons.
Since then, Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre produces and directs the Black International Cinema each year in Berlin and additionally, in other European and US-American cities.
The festival focuses on presenting works of an artistic, cultural or political nature coinciding with the general educational, social, artistic and economic interest of people from Africa, the African Diaspora and people with an interest in participating in intercultural communication and the resultant interfacing and sharing of educational, social, artistic and economic resources. Furthermore, Black International Cinema is open to ALL filmmakers and contributes to better understanding and increasing cooperation between people from various cultural, ethnic, national and religious backgrounds, in order to reduce prejudices and support a peaceful and respectful living together in our multi-faceted society.

 

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

 

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A COMPLEXION CHANGE, Barack Hussein Obama, Berlin Germany

FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
e LETTER, Berlin/Germany
January 2009

www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com
Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an
bicdance@aol.com

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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin
Voltastr. 5, 13355 Berlin-Wedding

***SPECIAL Edition***

JANUARY 20, 2009 - LIVE
5.00-9.00 pm/17.00-21.00 Uhr

A COMPLEXION CHANGE
Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009
Barack Hussein Obama

My Thoughts on Barack Obama

In 2008, history was made when Barack Obama was elected president. This made me feel very proud to be an African American.
America has taken a big step in accepting diversity in political leadership roles. By that I mean voting for and electing our first African American president, Barack Obama. Barack Obama is an inspiration to me, because he proved that there can always be change as long as you are willing to work toward it.
I also believe, he will make every effort to find a peaceful solution to ending the war in Iraq, solving the crisis with the economy, and any other crisis that may effect America and its people in the future.
Barack Obama is an inspiration to every American - Black, White, Asian, and Hispanic.

Tyler Jerami Griffith, 12 years old
Chicago/Illinois, USA

Meine Gedanken zu Barack Obama

Im Jahr 2008 wurde Geschichte gemacht, als Barack Obama zum Präsidenten gewählt wurde. Dies machte mich sehr stolz darauf, ein Afrikanisch-Amerikaner zu sein.
Amerika hat einen großen Schritt darin getan, Verschiedenheit in der politischen Führung zu akzeptieren. Damit meine ich, für unseren ersten afrikanisch-amerikanischen Präsidenten, Barack Obama, zu stimmen und ihn zu wählen. Barack Obama ist eine Inspiration für mich, weil er bewiesen hat, dass es immer Veränderungen geben kann, so lange man gewillt ist, darauf hin zu arbeiten.
Ich glaube auch, dass er jede Anstrengung unternehmen wird, eine friedliche Lösung zu finden, um den Krieg in Irak zu beenden, die Wirtschaftskrise zu überwinden und jede andere Krise, die sich in Zukunft auf Amerika und seine Menschen auswirken mag.
Barack Obama ist eine Inspiration für alle Amerikaner - Schwarze, Weiße, Asiaten und Lateinamerikaner.

Tyler Jerami Griffith, 12 Jahre alt
Chicago/Illinois, USA

Production & Direction:
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
for THE COLLEGIUM Forum & Television Program Berlin

Berlin, Wolfsburg, Magdeburg, Dessau

in association with

Offener Kanal Berlin
uniRadio
T.o.p.-TV
Helden der Nichtarbeit
OKBeat
Classic In Black
Dostlar-TV

via Television - Radio - Internet

Moderation:
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Guest Moderation:
Marina Treichel

Guests:
Tim Fiege, Andreas Krejci, Werner Kehl, Thomas Kramer, Steffen Meyer - uniRadio
Peter Henselder - T.o.p.-TV
Yvette Robertson
MFA Kera
Mike Russell
Norma Wright
Hartmut Noack - Helden der Nichtarbeit
Harry Louiserre - Classic In Black
Rolf Gänsrich - OKBeat
Arndt Bethke
Mark Caldwell
Fred Kastein
Ludwig Marx
Orhan Oflaz - Dostlar-TV
Sophia Richards

Cordula Alkert - Rathaus Schöneberg Interviews
David Gnad - Documentary Barack Obama
uniRadio - Interview with Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Tyler Jerami Griffith - My Thoughts on Barack Obama
Andrea Brehme - Photography & Photographic Exhibition

Catering:
Ursula Wunder

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin, January 17, 2009

For further information & visual impressions,
please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

A COMPLEXION CHANGE
International & Intercultural Diplomacy

XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
MAY 2009
Intercultural/Interdisciplinary film/video, dance, theatre,
music & seminar presentations Berlin/Germany & USA

For entry form and further information, please consult
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC09/bic_09.htm

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BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
Production & Direction: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre

Signatory to the Arts Festivals'
Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue

http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu/

http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu/405.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]
=487&tx_ttnews[backPid]=333&cHash=a84ea34108

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AACHRONYM
A Blog regarding Global African Arts with a focus on art-equity and cultural patrimony issues.
Notable Person: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
http://aachronym.blogspot.com/2007/11/notable-person-prof-donald.html

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Fountainhead® at fest21.com
http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead

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PART LXVIII
Grownupism!
1Day, When I Grow Up!

So, as usual, I wuz sittin' an' stinkin' 'bout all kindsa stuff an' wonderin' where my mind should land to git sumthin' clear one way or another!
Thinkin' 'bout all kindsa stuff at once is not very hip or as my pardnuhrs would sey an' do sey to me, it's not very productive!
I don't know, maybe 'cause they're older, they maybe know better?
At least, that's the feelin' I git, when they talk to me.
Anda lotta other people too!
Like always, if sumthin' happens in the wurl, we kids gotta always know 'bout it!
The dragon-teecher doesn't care how we know, but we'd better git the information!
OK, that means readin', talkin' an' explainin' all kindsa stuff to her an' all the class members.
There's been a lotta talk an' T.V. 'bout Barack Obama for a long time an' it's gittin' more an' more, all the time.
So now, it's election day an' nite.
Just watta lotta peeple have been waitin' for, includin' my perents an' the dragon-teecher! I tried an' stayed awake durin' the election newscast, but I gotta admit, lookin' at numbers an' ol' peeple talkin' all the time, is not so interestin'.
So, guess wut, I fell asleep!
When I woke up, my perents tol' me, "It's all over and we have a new President and his name is President-elect Barack Obama."
So, I guess all his long, hard work with peeple watchin' him all the time, finally paid off!
Maybe that's a lesson for me an' lotsa other peeple too?
Man, all this payin' attention an' stuff is makin' me sleepy again,
so, I'm jes gonna sey,
G'nite
I luv you
G'nite.

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Copyright, November 2008

PART LXVIII
Erwachsensein!
Eines Tages, wenn ich erwachsen werde!

Also, wie üblich war ich am Sitz'n und Stink'n üba alles mögliche Zeugs und fragte mich, wo meine Gedanken land'n sollt'n, um was klar zu krieg'n, so oder anders!
Üba allen möglichen Kram auf einmal nachzudenk'n is' nich' sehr hip, oder wie meine Kumpels sag'n würd'n und mir auch sag'n, es is' nich' sehr produktiv! Ich weiß nich', vielleicht weil sie älter sind, wiss'n sie's vielleicht besser?
Jedenfalls bekomm ich dies Gefühl, wenn sie mit mir red'n.
Und 'ne Menge and'rer Leute auch!
Wie imma, wenn was in der Welt passiert, müss'n wir Kinder imma drüba Bescheid wiss'n!
Der Drachenlehrerin is' egal wie, aber wir sollt'n uns besser die Informationen beschaff'n!
OK, das bedeutet les'n, red'n und alles Mögliche erklär'n, ihr und der ganzen Klasse.
Es gab 'ne lange Zeit 'ne Menge Gespräche und Fernsehen üba Barack Obama und es wird imma mehr die ganze Zeit.
Und nun is' Wahltag und -nacht.
Genau das, worauf 'ne Menge Leute gewartet hab'n, einschließlich meine Eltern und die Drachenlehrerin!
Ich hab's vasucht und bin während der Wahlnachrichten wach geblieb'n, aber ich muss zugeb'n, Zahlen anseh'n und alte Menschen red'n die ganze Zeit, is' nich' so interessant.
Also, ratet mal, ich bin eingeschlaf'n!
Als ich aufwachte, erzählt'n meine Eltern mir: "Es ist alles vorbei und wir haben einen neuen Präsidenten und sein Name ist designierter Präsident Barack Obama."
So, ich glaub ma', seine lange, harte Arbeit unter der ständigen Beobachtung von Menschen hat sich am Ende ausgezahlt!
Vielleicht is' das 'ne Lektion für mich und auch für 'ne Menge and'rer Leute?
Mann, dieses ganze Aufpass'n und Zeugs macht mich wieder müde,
also sag ich einfach ma'
'Nacht
Hab euch lieb
'Nacht

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Copyright, November 2008

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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.

* LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE *

Sundays 9-10 pm / 21-22 Uhr
Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin

THE COLLEGIUM TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQOIc5EqqGw

THE COLLEGIUM Television Program is televised in Berlin, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg and Dessau.
THE COLLEGIUM Fernsehmagazin wird in Berlin, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg und Dessau ausgestrahlt.

produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/ Cultural Zephyr e.V.

BERLIN
Every Sunday/jeden Sonntag
9.00-10.00 pm
21.00-22.00 Uhr
Offener Kanal Berlin
Voltastr. 5
13355 Berlin-Wedding

presenting / präsentiert wird

Cinema / State of Affairs / Arts Calendar
Filme / Diskussion / Kunstkalender

for program information, please contact:
Programminformationen bitte unter:

0049 (0)30-782 16 21
0049 (0)30-75 46 09 46

THE COLLEGIUM MAGDEBURG
Offener Kanal Magdeburg (www.ok-magdeburg.de)
First Thursday in every month
Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat
6.00 - 7.00 pm
18.00 - 19.00 Uhr

THE COLLEGIUM WOLFSBURG
TV 38 (www.tv38.de)
29.01.09 - 18.00h/6.00pm
30.01.09 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
26.02.09 - 18.00h/6.00pm
27.02.09 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm

THE COLLEGIUM DESSAU
Offener Kanal Dessau (www.ok-dessau.de)

THE COLLEGIUM Television Program Berlin
Upcoming *Live* Editions 2009

2009
JANUARY 18
FEBRUARY 15
MARCH 15
APRIL 19
MAY 17
JUNE 21
JULY 19
AUGUST 16
SEPTEMBER 20
OCTOBER 18
NOVEMBER 15
DECEMBER 20

at 9.00 p.m. / 21.00 Uhr

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FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.

MISSION STATEMENT
We are an international, intercultural community of persons engaged in achieving increasing understanding and cooperation between individuals and groups in support of democratic procedures and the elimination of violence, religious, ethnic and gender persecution, youth exploitation, homophobia and racial hatred through the process of art, education, culture and dialogue.

Wir sind eine internationale, interkulturelle Gemeinschaft von Menschen mit dem Engagement für ein besseres Verständnis und wachsende Kooperation zwischen Individuen und Gruppen, mit Unterstützung des demokratischen Prozesses und der Beseitigung von Gewalt, Verfolgung aufgrund religiöser, ethnischer und geschlechtlicher Zugehörigkeit, Kindes- und Jugendmissbrauch, Homosexuellen-Feindlichkeit und von Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur und des Dialogs.

Nous sommes une communauté internationale et interculturelle de personnes engagées à promouvoir la compréhension et la coopération croissantes entre les individus et les groupes, à lappui des outils démocratiques et à travers lélimination de la violence, de la persécution religieuse, ethnique et sexuelle, de lexploitation de la jeunesse, de lhomophobie et de la haine raciale par le processus de lart, de léducation, de la culture et du dialogue.

MOTTOS
"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure wont if I dont..." - 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

Copyright: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Cultural Zephyr e.V., January 2009

A COMPLEXION CHANGE, Inuaguration Day, January 20, 2009

Production, Direction:
THE COLLEGIUM Forum & Television Program Berlin in association with the Offener Kanal Berlin,
Presents: A television, Uni-Radio, internet presentation, 17:00-21:00 uhrs
A Complexion Change, International & Intercultural Diplomacy

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About fountainhead

Griffith Prof. Donald Muldrow
(Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.)

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre is a production, performance and distribution unit, which was initiated and developed by Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith and Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, both experienced artists from the U.S.A.
Fountainhead® engages people from various national, cultural, ethnic, socio-economic, religious backgrounds, and sexual identities, and works in a variety of artistic and cultural areas, with the goal of creating, experiencing and communicating intercultural exchange within its projects and to the world community.
Since its founding in 1980, Berlin/Germany, Fountainhead® has presented a variety of international, intercultural and interdisciplinary productions in the areas of dance, theatre, film festivals, television programming, film distribution, publications, seminars, exhibitions, workshops and musical presentations.
One of the productions is the annually presented Black International Cinema Berlin, which was founded by Fountainhead® in 1986 in Berlin/Germany and since then, has been produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre on a regular basis in Berlin/Germany, other European and US-American cities.
The festival screens cinema from the African Diaspora and other films from varied intercultural backgrounds or perspectives.

Black International Cinema Berlin originated from the Black Cultural Festival, which was produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre in 1986 for the first time in Europe, a 3-week event in Berlin, which presented the contributions of Black people to world culture through film, theater, dance, music, workshops and seminars, and was an homage to the legendary tap dancer, Carnell Lyons.
The venues were the Theatermanufaktur am Halleschen Ufer from March 3-16, music – dance – theatre; Hochschule der Künste Berlin on March 11, symposium; Kino Arsenal from March 17-23, film.
Organization and Artistic Direction: Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith (USA/Berlin), Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith (USA/Berlin), Donald Muldrow McKinney Griffith II (USA/Berlin), Dr. Ntongela Masilela (South Africa);
in cooperation with: Prof. Dr. Abdul Alkalimat (USA), Uazuvara Ewald Katjivena (Namibia), Getinet Belay (Ethiopia), Joliba Africa Center; Organization: Erika Gregor (Arsenal Cinema, Germany); Organization Assistance: Annette Koschmieder (Germany)

Additionally, Fountainhead® produces and directs since the founding in 1995, the weekly intercultural television magazine program THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program Berlin, broadcast Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. and Saturdays from 10-11 a.m. at Alex - Open Channel Berlin, and furthermore televised in Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Dessau and additional cities.
In 1990 Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre established Cultural Zephyr e.V. as a not for profit organization, which administers the cultural and artistic undertakings of Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre.

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


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