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FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE

e - LETTER . Berlin/Germany

February 2012

www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de

www.blackinternationalcinema.de

www.black-international-cinema.com



Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an

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Production & Direction

FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE

THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN

"FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND?" - EXHIBITION

in association with

CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.

present

XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2012

http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC11/bic_12.htm

A COMPLEXION CHANGE - Transnational & Intercultural Diplomacy

"View to the Future - The Flag still flies"

in cooperation with / in Kooperation mit der

Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin

Integrationsbeauftragten des Bezirks Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin

May 2-6, 2012

RATHAUS SCHÖNEBERG (City Hall)

Kinosaal (cinema), John-F.-Kennedy-Saal, Bibliothek (library)

John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1

10825 Berlin, Germany

Admission is without charge / Der Eintritt ist frei

"....We Have A Dream and Still We Rise...."

German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn

"A COMPLEXION CHANGE 2009-2011 is an International Media Project with a very contemporary and innovative approach. It aims at contributing to the strengthening of international understanding, peace and friendship among peoples. It promotes intercultural dialogue in the spirit of the ideals and aims of UNESCO..."

Christine M. Merkel,

Head of the Division for Culture and Memory of the World at the German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn

Deutsche UNESCO Kommission, Bonn

"A COMPLEXION CHANGE 2009-2011 ist ein internationales Medienprojekt mit einer sehr zeitgenössischen und innovativen Herangehensweise. Es strebt danach, einen Beitrag zur Stärkung des internationalen Verständnisses, des Friedens und der Freundschaft zwischen den Völkern zu leisten. Es fördert den interkulturellen Dialog im Sinne der Ideale und Bestrebungen der UNESCO..."

Christine M. Merkel,

Referentin für Kultur und Kommunikation der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission in Bonn

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FILM SUBMISSIONS

1. FINDER OF LOST CHILDREN

Director: Ricardo Scipio

Narrative, Color, 142 min.

Canada 2009

English

2. COINED

Director: Elijah Hassan

Narrative, Color, 8 min.

USA 2010

English

3. IS THAT ME?

Director: Elijah Hassan

Narrative, Color, 6 min.

USA 2009

English

4. DAVID IS DYING

Director: Stephen Lloyd Jackson

Narrative, Color, 90 min.

UK 2011

English

5. AFRICA: THE BEAT

Director: Samaki Wanne

Documentary, Color/B/W, 60 min.

Spain 2011

Cigogo with English subtitles

6. HAM & THE PIPER

Director: Mark Norfolk

Narrative, Color, 80 min.

UK 2011

English

7. FLOW AFFAIR

Flag, Fan, Poi & Floguing Dance

Director: Wolfgang Busch

Documentary, Color, 84 min.

USA 2003-2011

English

8. A MENINA DOS OLHOS GRANDES / GIRL WITH BIG EYES

Director: Alexis Tsafas

Narrative, Color, 84 min.

Cape Verde 2011

Portuguese with English subtitles

9. SWIMMIN' LESSON

Directors: Shahari Moore & Christine List

Experimental, Color, 9 min.

USA 2011

English

10. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

Director: Precious B. Stone

Narrative, Color, 19 min.

USA/France 2008

English

11. GRÜNE OLIVEN / GREEN OLIVES

Director: Gisèle Sabina Mbamu

Narrative, Color, 17 min.

Germany

German with English subtitles

12. DONSOYA, LA VOIE DU CHASSEUR / DONSOYA, THE WAY OF THE HUNTER

Director: Sébastien Bariller

Documentary, Color, 43 min.

France 2011

Malinke (Mali) with English subtitles

13. PRESENT PAST TOMORROW

Director: Amir Kaufmann

Narrative, Color, 22 min.

Germany 2011

no dialogue

14. GURDJIEFF'S MOVEMENTS

Director: Amir Kaufmann

Documentary, Color, 60 min.

Germany 2010

English and German with English subtitles

15. LE MAÎTRE IGNORANT COMMENTAIRES /

THE IGNORANT SCHOOLMASTER COMMENTS

Director: Jordane Maurs

Documentary/Experimental, Color, 70 min.

Germany 2011

German and French with German subtitles

16. DANSE LA DANSE, NACHO DUATO

Director: Alain Deymier

Documentary, Color, 66 min.

Spain/France 2012

English and Spanish with English subtitles

17. FOLLOWING KETTLY

Director: Alicia van Assche

Documentary, B/W, 14 min.

Spain 2011

French and Bambara with English subtitles

18. DIMANCHE À BRAZZAVILLE / SUNDAY IN BRAZZAVILLE

Directors: Enric Bach & Adriá Monés

Documentary, Color, 51 min.

Spain/Congo 2011

French, Lingale and Teké with English subtitles

19. UN MILAGRO BASTANTE PROBABLE / QUITE A POSSIBLE MIRACLE

Directors: Hugo Serra & Daniel San Román

Documentary, Color, 41 min.

Spain 2011

Spanish with English subtitles

20. LOS DIOSES DE VERDAD TIENEN HUESOS / TRUE GODS HAVE BONES

Directors: Belén Santos & David Alfaro

Documentary, Color, 90 min.

Spain 2011

Creole, Portuguese and Spanish with English subtitles

21. EL NOVENO DÍA DE LA CREACIÓN / THE NINTH DAY OF CREATION

Director: César Urbina

Documentary, Color, 43 min.

Spain 2011

Spanish with English subtitles

22. DAR ROZHAYE AKHARE ESFAND / IN THE LAST DAYS OF ESFAND

Director: Amir Aliwaisi

Narrative, Color, 10 min.

Iran 2011

no dialogue

23. ANAR MIVEH BEHESHT AST / POMEGRANATE IS THE FRUIT OF PARADISE

Director: Taimor Ghaderi

Narrative, Color, 15 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

24. RAFTAN... / GOING...

Director: Salem Salavati

Narrative, Color, 18 min.

Iran 2010

Kurdish with English subtitles

25. FERESHTEGANE NEJAT / THE SAVIOR ANGELS

Director: Sattar Chamani Gol

Documentary, Color, 63 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

26. SHAHDE SANG / THE NECTAR OF STONES

Director: Sattar Chamani Gol

Documentary, Color, 25 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

27. ADAMHA / HUMAN BEINGS

Director: Mashaallah Mohammadi

Animation, Color, 3 min.

Iran 2010

no dialogue

28. KHANEVADEH SALEM / A GOOD FAMILY

Director: Amir Hossein Torabi

Narrative, Color, 6 min.

Iran 2011

Persian with English subtitles

29. SADAYE BARAN / THE SOUND OF RAIN

Director: Jalal Saedfanah

Narrative, Color, 27 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

30. MARZE SHEKASTEH / BROKEN BORDER

Director: Kaywan Karimi

Documentary, Color, 18 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

31. KOCHEI POSHTE KHANE MA / AN ALLEY BEHIND OUR HOUSE

Director: Shilan Saadi

Narrative, Color, 12 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

32. ASKOO

Director: Mohammad Ali Hashemzehi

Documentary, Color, 25 min.

Iran 2010

Baloch with English subtitles

33. CHE SHOR BOD DARCACHE MAN! / WHAT A SALTY LAKE WAS MY LAKE!

Director: Hassan Gahramani

Documentary, Color, 30 min.

Iran 2011

Kurdish with English subtitles

34. A SEPERATE PLACE (THE SCHOOLS P.S. DUPONT BUILT)

Director: Alonzo Crawford

Documentary, Color/B/W, 55 min.

USA 2005

English

35. GILA MONSTER

Director: Alonzo Crawford

Narrative, Color, 15 min.

USA 2009

English

36. RED SKY SNOW WHITE

Director: Be Steadwell

Experimental, Color, 7 min.

USA 2011

no dialogue

37. CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME

Director: Moon Molson

Narrative, Color/B/W, 27 min.

USA 2011

English and Yoruba

38. DAR HE: THE LYNCHING OF EMMETT TILL

Director: Rob Underhill

Narrative, Color, 68 min.

USA 2012

English

39. TRES COLORES DEL TIEMPO / THREE COLORS OF TIME

Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernán Humberto Restrepo

Documentary, Color, 59 min.

Colombia 2011

Spanish with English subtitles

40. AUDRE LORDE THE BERLIN YEARS

Director: Dr. Dagmar Schultz

Documentary, Color/BW, 81 min.

Germany 2012

English and German with English subtitles

41. A ZEST FOR LIFE: AFRO-PERUVIAN RHYTHMS, A SOURCE OF LATIN JAZZ

Director: Eve A. Ma

Documentary, Color, 57 min.

USA 2011

English and Spanish with English subtitles

42. GHAHRAMAN / HERO

Directors: Dr. Hassan Ziaodini & Dr. Farid Mirkhani

Experimental, Color, 12 min.

Iran 2010

Persian with English subtitles

43. VAHTE LATIFE SHEN / THE TENDER MOMENT OF SAND

Directors: Dr. Farid Mirkhani

Experimental, Color, 74 min.

Iran 2011

Persian with English subtitles

44. THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Director: Angel Kristi Williams

Documentary, Color, 42 min.

USA 2011

English

45. THE DAY THE LORD HAD MADE PT II ESPRIT DE CORPS

Director: Raycurt Johnson

Documentary, Color, 19 min.

USA 2011

English

46. IM GOING TO MAKE A MIRACLE

Director: Beverly Andrews

Documentary, Color, 80 min.

UK 2011

English and Turkish with English subtitles

47. 18 IUS SOLI

Director: Fred Kudjo Kuwornu

Documentary, Color, 55 min.

Italy 2011

Italian with English subtitles

48. COLORED CONFEDERATES: MYTH OR MATTER OF FACT?

Director: Ken Wyatt

Documentary, Color, 42 min.

USA 2011

English

February 19, 2012

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CULTURAL HIGHLIGHT

"I extend my congratulations to the organizers of Black International Cinema Berlin, a cultural highlight which is unique Germany-wide."

Gabriele Gün Tank, Commissioner for Integration of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany

KULTURELLES HIGHLIGHT

"Mein Dank geht an die Organisatorinnen und Organisatoren von Black International Cinema Berlin, ein kulturelles Highlight, welches deutschlandweit einmalig ist."

Gabriele Gün Tank, Integrationsbeauftragten des Bezirks Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Deutschland

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Fountainhead Tanz Theatre

Dedication

Berlin

WALL OF RESPECT

MESSAGE TO THE WORLD

We run as fast as we can,

as hard as we can,

and as long as we can,

and then...

we pass the sceptre

to the next generation...

BOTSCHAFT AN DIE WELT

Wir leisten so viel wir können,

so intensiv wie möglich,

so lange wir können,

und dann...

geben wir das Zepter weiter

an die nächste Generation...

May Ayim

Lou Blackburn

Earl Bostic

James Chaney

Messein Cissokho

Tom Cuson

Peter Gambel

Samson Gassama

Robert Harrel

Ollie Harrington

Norris Sirone Jones

Robert Lenox

Carnel Lyons

Jay Oliver

Diamond Ross

Rudy Stevenson

Thank you for sharing your musical and additional gifts with Berlin, Germany

and internationally.

Danke, dass Ihr Eure musikalischen und anderen Talente mit der internationalen Gemeinschaft und Berlin, Deutschland, geteilt habt.

The Wall of Respect is inspired by William (Bill) Walker, 1928-2011,

Father of The International Public Art Movement

and The Original Wall of Respect, 1967, 43rd Street and Langley Avenue, Chicago Ill.

Resource Acknowledgement: MFA Kera, Robert Abbott Sengstacke, Anthony Baggette

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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.



Sunday 7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr

Monday 3.45-4.45 pm / 15.45-16.45 Uhr

Thursday 10-11 pm / 22-23 Uhr

Saturday 10-11 am / 10-11 Uhr

ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)

LIVE STREAM: http://www.alex-berlin.de/tv/livestream

Upcoming LIVE Edition

February 19, 2012

7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr

Cinema I

XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin May 2-6, 2012 preview:

"Khanevadeh Salem / A Good Family"

Director: Amir Hossein Torabi

Iran 2011

Arts Calendar I

Netra Nambiar Veetil - Dance

Young People's Artist Group, John F. Kennedy Schule Berlin


Cinema II

XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin May 2-6, 2012 preview:

"Adamha / Human Beings"

Director: Mashaallah Mohammadi

Iran 2010

Cinema III

"Wall of Respect" and "Open Society"

written and presented by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith

photos by Robert Abbott Sengstacke

Cinema IV

XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin May 2-6, 2012 preview:

"Audre Lorde The Berlin Years"

Director: Dr. Dagmar Schultz

Germany 2012

State of Affairs

Conversation with Pushpam Sreekumar and Netra Nambiar Veetil

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A COMPLEXION CHANGE

Transnational & Intercultural Diplomacy

"FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND?"

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre

Photographic Exhibition - Visual Documentation

Fotoausstellung - Visuelle Dokumentation

July 1 - August 31, 2012

Foyer im Rathaus Schöneberg / Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) foyer

John-F.-Kennedy Platz 1, 10825 Berlin-Schöneberg

Exhibition description

The exhibition documents the history of

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre



in association with

International Artists

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre was founded by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, Lynnda Curry, Ricky Powell and Detlef Bäcker, four American artists and a German colleague, who met in Berlin during 1979 at Theater des Westens and decided to undertake intercultural, interdisciplinary and international productions in dance, theatre, television, workshops, film/video festivals and publications.

This exhibition paints a picture of the activities of various people during their historical contributions to Berlin, elsewhere and hence, the portrait seeks to prevent these undertakings from becoming "Footprints in the Sand?".

Beschreibung der Ausstellung

Die Ausstellung dokumentiert die Geschichte des

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre



in Verbindung mit

Internationalen KünstlerInnen

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre wurde von Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, Lynnda Curry, Ricky Powell und Detlef Bäcker, vier amerikanischen Künstlern und einem deutschen Kollegen, die sich in Berlin 1979 am Theater des Westens trafen, gegründet. Sie entschieden sich, mit der Durchführung von interkulturellen, interdisziplinären und internationalen Produktionen in den Bereichen Tanz, Theater, Fernsehen, Workshops, Film/Video Festivals und Publikationen zu beginnen.

Die Ausstellung zeichnet ein Bild der Aktivitäten verschiedener Menschen bei ihren historischen Beiträgen für Berlin und andere Orte, mit der Intention, diese Unternehmungen davor zu schützen, "Footprints in the Sand?" zu werden.

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, October 2011

"Footprints in the Sand?" 2011

http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC11/html/bic11_footprintsinthesand_en.html

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Royal Opera House Muscat

Aspen Creative Arts World Summit

November 28-30, 2011

Muscat, Oman

Global Initiative on Culture and Society

In partnership with Royal Opera House of Muscat, the Aspen Institute's Global Initiative on Cultural and Society presented the inaugural Creative Arts World Summit to take place in Muscat, Oman, November 28-30, 2011.

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, co-founder/director/producer/publisher/moderator of Fountainhead Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin / "Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition / Cultural Zephyr e.V. was an invited participant and moderated the following session:

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29

SESSION | ROH MUSCAT | FOYER 12:00 - 13:00

Creating Narratives: Storytelling

Messages and Messengers

Ways and Means

Presenters

Lisa Consiglio, Executive Director, Aspen Writers Foundation

Bushra Khalfan, Writer

Lena Slachmuijlde, Chief Programming Officer, Search for Common Ground

Susanna Temescu, Senior Advisor, The Tanager Group

Moderator

Donald Muldrow Griffith, TV Producer, Berlin

We wish to thank Dr. Damien M. Pwono, Director, ROH Muscat - Aspen Creative Arts Summit, Executive Director, Global Initiative on Culture & Society, The Aspen Institute.

For further information, please visit The Aspen Institute.

http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/global-arts-culture

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Guide to Indiana University South Bend

Dance Program Collection

at the IU South Bend Archives

The collection for the Dance Program at the Indiana University South Bend Archives documents the history of Donald and Gayle Griffith, Fountainhead Tanz Theatre Berlin Germany, as directors of the Dance Department from 1992 to 1995, with numerous visual material as recent as 2011.

http://library.iusb.edu/archives/inventory/Dance.shtml http://library.iusb.edu/archives/inventory/Dance.doc http://library.iusb.edu/archives/inventory/Dance.pdf

Alison Stankrauff, Archivist and Associate Librarian

Franklin D. Schurz Library, Indiana University South Bend

Curator, Dance Collection at Indiana University South Bend Archives

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Fountainhead® at fest21.com

http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead

Fountainhead® at euromight

http://www.euromight.com/blackcinemaberlin.php

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THE COLLEGIUM on YOUTUBE

http://www.youtube.com/user/thecollegium

THE COLLEGIUM Television Program is televised in Berlin, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Dessau and additional cities.

THE COLLEGIUM Fernsehmagazin wird in Berlin, Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Dessau und weiteren Städten ausgestrahlt.

ALEX - OFFENER KANAL BERLIN / OPEN CHANNEL BERLIN

For further information & visual impressions,

please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.

http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html

BERLIN

Every Sunday/jeden Sonntag

7.00-8.00 pm

19.00-20.00 Uhr

Every Monday/jeden Montag

3.45-4.45 pm

15.45-16.45 Uhr

Every Thursday/jeden Donnerstag

10.00-11.00 pm

22.00-23.00 Uhr

Every Saturday/jeden Samstag

10.00-11.00 am

10.00-11.00 Uhr

LIVE STREAM: http://www.alex-berlin.de/tv/livestream



ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin

Voltastr. 5

13355 Berlin-Wedding

presenting / präsentiert werden

Cinema / State of Affairs / Arts Calendar

Filme / Diskussionen / künstlerische Darbietungen

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 http://www.ok-magdeburg.de

Second Thursday in every month

Jeden zweiten Donnerstag im Monat

6.00 - 7.00 pm

18.00 - 19.00 Uhr

THE COLLEGIUM WOLFSBURG

TV 38 http://www.tv38.de

24. Februar 2012, 6.00 p.m./18.00 Uhr

25. Februar 2012, 9.00 a.m./9.00 Uhr, 3.00 p.m./15.00 Uhr

THE COLLEGIUM DESSAU

Offener Kanal Dessau http://www.ok-dessau.de

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FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE

BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN

THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN

"FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND?" - EXHIBITION

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 l'appui des outils démocratiques et à travers l'élimination de la violence, 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, de la culture et du dialogue.

MOTTOS

"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


Copyright: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Cultural Zephyr e.V., February 2012