Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunystraße (Frau Kutzer and Other Residents of Naunyn Street)
With Tunçel Kurtiz, Güner Yüreklik, Krikor Melikyan and Aras Ören. Aras Ören’s book-length poem Was will Niyazi in der Naunynstraße? finds its visual complement in this 1973 adaptation by director Friedrich W. Zimmermann, which features the war-widow Frau Kutzer, the philosopher-guest worker Niyazi, as well as other characters passing through the street. The street itself […]
Tödlicher Hass: Der Mordfall Walter Lübcke
The German broadcaster ARD’s documentary about the 2019 murder of Walter Lübcke, a local politician with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who actively promoted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policy in the state of Hesse, was released amid a flurry of media attention to the trial of his neo-Nazi killers in the summer of 2020. The […]
Das Comeback der Promis ist ganz Pop
The following post was adapted from schook, a blog by students in the Fall 2019 seminar “German Pop Culture” at UC Berkeley. In this piece, Lianette Alnaber analyzes the motif of the hip-hop comeback in the first video in three years by Afghan-German rapper SSIO. SSIO, ein deutscher Rapper afghanischer Abstammung, hat am 26. September und […]
Apache 207 und seine goldenen Nike-Rollschuhe
The following post was adapted from schook, a blog by students in the Fall 2019 seminar “German Pop Culture” at UC Berkeley. In this piece, Lianette Alnaber examines the significance of consumer branding in constructing the persona of Turkish-German rapper Apache 207. Apache 207, ein deutscher Rapper und Sänger mit türkischen Wurzeln, ist in den letzten […]
Rapper sein, der neue Pop-Trend?
The following post was adapted from schook, a blog by students in the Fall 2019 seminar “German Pop Culture” at UC Berkeley. In this piece, Kian Jansepar unpacks the thematic complexities of German rap as the scene negotiates its relationship to gangster imagery alongside its growing popularity. Vor einem Jahr, wurde die beliebte TV Serie […]
Kadir
Peter Lilienthal’s documentary film appeared on ZDF television. Links: IMDB, FilmPortal Genre(s): Documentary
Die alten bösen Lieder (The Evil Old Songs)
b&w, Germany, Fatih Akin, 5 Min, 2004 With actors Alexander Gallant, Gerhard Hinze, Peter Lewan. Student film from Turkish-German auteur Özgür Yildirim’s time at the Hamburg Media School. Links: IMDB Genre(s): Short
Berivan
With actors Ebru Kücük, Hatice Kücük, and Bawer Sahin. Director Miraz Bezar’s short film won the prize for Best Short Film at the Nuremberg International Humans Rights Film Festival. Links: IMDB Genre(s): Drama
Kulturelle und Politische Partizipation? Ein Interview with Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz
In addition to English-language translations and original posts, the MGP blog also provides a space for creative and critical work in German that may be of interest to our readers. In this post, MGP contributor Daniel Schreiner talks to German-Turkish scholar, author, performer, and activist Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz on representing marginalization and hybridity and what it means to be […]
Schlingensief’s remains: Crisis and cruelty
This post was workshopped in the graduate seminar “Framing Migration,” taught by Prof. Deniz Göktürk of the UC Berkeley Department of German. In this post, seminar participant Christine Korte analyzes the way in which a play by performance artist and theater/film director Christoph Schlingensief engages (and provokes) discourses around European cultural politics and the potential of avant-garde art. […]