Mädchen am Ball (Girls on the Pitch)
TV-Dokumentation über die einzige türkische Damenfußball-Mannschaft Europas. Die Mädchen vom “BSC-Agrispor” sind zwischen 16 und 18 Jahre alt und in Berlin-Kreuzberg zu Hause. Der 45-Minuten-Film zeigt die jungen Frauen beim Training und bei Auswärtsspielen, zu Hause mit ihren Familien und an ihren Lehr- und Arbeitsstellen. Links: Film Portal
Das Versprechen (The Promise)
With actors Corinna Harfouch and Meret Becker available on VHS in the US A love-affair under extreme conditions. In the autumn of 1961, a few weeks after the building of the Berlin Wall, a school group tries to escape from East Berlin to the West. Quite by chance, Sophie and Konrad are separated; Sophie reaches […]
Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)
With actors Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander available on DVD with English subtitles in USA This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels wandering in a mixture of post-war and modern Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet. […]
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha)
Mostly Martha is a romantic comedy that brings up several issues of today’s society in Germany in a very subtle way. The main character Martha is a master chef in an upscale restaurant, but while she is great in her job, she is hopeless in relationships, be it with men, kids, her boss, or customers. […]
Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)
DVD In 1937, the non-orthodox Jewish German lawyer Walter Redlich, aware of the growing danger posed by the Nazi movement in Germany and how it would jeopardize the Jews in his country, moves alone to Nairobi, Kenya, to administrate a farm. His only friend is the also Jewish German Süßkind and his African cook Owuor. […]
Badolato: Hoffen auf ein Wunder (Hasan Stopped at Badolato)
Produced by Mirjam Quinte Not available on DVD or VHS in US or Germany Documentary film about Kurdish refugees in a small Calabrian village. Produced by ZDF /ARTE. Links: IMDB, Filmportal.de Genre(s): Classic Documentary; Theme(s): Migration and Mobility; Keywords: Refugee, Diaspora, Exile, Kurdistan
Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)
Produced by Andreas Thiel; with actors Baki Davrak, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Nursel Köse, Hanna Schygulla, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nurguel Yesilcay; available on DVD in Germany and US Review by UC Berkeley undergraduate Ying Ruan: Auf der anderen Seite is a German-Turkish drama directed by Faith Akin in 2007. The movie follows stories of six people from either Germany or […]
Pieces d’identites (Pieces of Identity)
Produced by Mweze Ngangura With actors Gerard Essomba, Herbert Flack, Jean-Louis Daulne, Dominique Mesa not available on DVD or VHS in US Congolese filmmaker Mweze Ngangura, who made the 1987 La Vie Est Belle with Benoit Lamy, directed this Belgian-French-Congolese comedy about a Congolese king in contemporary Brussels. The title refers to “identity pieces” worn […]
100 pour cent Arabica (100% Arabica)
Produced by Mahmoud Zemmouri With actors Khaled, Cheb Mami, Mouss, Najim Laouariga, Fard Fedjer, Youssef Diawara, Patrice Thibaud, Mohamed Camara available on DVD in the US and France Set in a rent-controlled Paris suburb populated entirely by North Africans, this comedy of music and cross-culturalism centers on a battle waged between the neighborhood youth, who […]