WORLD FILM & DANCE PARTY - November 21/2008 - Cinestar/Sonycenter - Berlin/Germany

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
in association with
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy

present

November & December 2008
WORLD FILM & DANCE PARTY

NOVEMBER 21, 7 p.m.

CineStar Berlin - Original. im Sony Center.
Potsdamer Strasse 4, Berlin/Germany

with DJ Lady Ranya

Films: I Dream A World (OV), Director: Tomas Lewinski
No Coracao de Shirley / In Shirley's Heart (OmeU)
Director: Edyala Yglesias

The admission fee of 5 Euro includes a WELCOME DRINK!

A COMPLEXION CHANGE event, presented with film, popcorn, inspiring drinks, great conversation, wonderful guests and music for listening, toe tapping or dancing? The choice is for you, our guests!? We are prepared for your enjoyment!
Yes, We Can!

The World Film & Dance Party is intended as an enjoyable and constructive contribution toward intercultural understanding and empathy, amid the population change taking place in Berlin and Germany, A COMPLEXION CHANGE.

This event stands at the front line of cultures coming together in a meet and greet manner. As this becomes recognized, and the energy of an intercultural event is experienced, we foresee a glow from the event, that will attract guests, press and enhance our CineStar attendance.

These events aim to be richly intercultural evenings, created and hosted by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, co-founder/producer/director of Fountainhead Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.

It begins with films chosen from the intercultural Black International Cinema Berlin Film Festival of the past twenty three years. Film durations range from 45 to 60 minutes, and will begin at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 21 and Saturday, December 13, 2008. From the theatre hall, guests will be invited into the CineStar bar. Gradually, the event will blossom into a dance party. The entry ticket is 5 Euro.

FILM DESCRIPTIONS

I DREAM A WORLD (November 21 @ 7 p.m.)
Producers: Fountainhead Tanz Theatre & Pol-Tel
Director: Tomas Lewinski
Documentary, Color, 24 min.
Poland/Germany 1988-1990
English

A documentary exploring a dance workshop directed by Fountainhead Tanz Theatre in Arezzo, Italy. The title and concept are based on the Langston Hughes poem I Dream A World. A portrayal of multi-cultural, -racial gathering of dancers, teachers and their communication with one another. Awarded Best Film 1988 by the Polish Commission for Film Arts.

Eine Dokumentation über einen Tanzworkshop geleitet von Fountainhead Tanz Theatre in Arezzo, Italien. Der Titel und das Konzept basieren auf dem Gedicht von Langston Hughes I Dream A World. Porträt einer multi-kulturellen, multi-ethnischen Zusammenkunft von TänzerInnen und LehrerInnen und ihrer Kommunikation untereinander. Ausgezeichnet als Bester Film 1988 von der Polnischen Kommission für Filmkunst.

NO CORACAO DE SHIRLEY / IN SHIRLEYS HEART (November 21 @ 7 p.m.)
Director: Edyala Yglesias
Narrative, Color, 20 min.
Brazil 2002
Portuguese with English subtitles

In Shirleys Heart portrays Shirley, a prostitute and her relationship with an arch-rival, Eva, a transvestite. Shirley is envious of the success Eva has with men and begins to learn from Eva, the art of seduction. Naive, lonesome and unpredictable, these two personalities from Salvadors night, sell their bodies at the Manoel Dias da Silva Avenue, an upper middle class neighborhood, which has become a symbol of Bahias modernity.

In Shirleys Heart porträtiert Shirley, eine Prostituierte, und ihre Beziehung zu einer Erzrivalin, Eva, ein Transvestit. Shirley ist neidisch auf den Erfolg, den Eva bei Männern hat, und sie beginnt von ihr die Kunst des Verführens zu erlernen. Naiv, einsam und unberechenbar verkaufen diese zwei Persönlichkeiten aus Salvadors Nacht ihre Körper auf der Manoel Dias da Silva Avenue, einer Nachbarschaft der oberen Mittelschicht, welche zu einem Symbol Bahias Modernität geworden ist.

DECEMBER 2008

BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK BERLIN (December 13 @ 7 p.m.)
Producer & Director: Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Documentary, Color, 60 min.
Germany 1994
English

This documentary was created prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. Interviews were conducted with members of the Berlin African Diaspora: Black Germans, Black Americans and Black Africans, regarding issues of social, political, economic, cultural, intercultural marriage, refugee status and their hopes and dreams for the future. The interviewees: Johnetta Page/U.S.A., Mona Agbaje/Swaziland, Robert Harrel/U.S.A., Magumba/St. Kitts, Dr. Mahoma Mwaungulu/Malawi, Alycia Jones/U.S.A., Mai Opitz Ayim/Germany and Ifatayo Ifayemi/Germany.

Diese Dokumentation wurde vor dem Fall der Berliner Mauer gedreht. Interviews wurden durchgeführt mit Angehörigen der Berliner Afrikanischen Diaspora: Schwarze Deutsche, Schwarze Amerikaner und Schwarze Afrikaner. Die Themen umfassen soziale, politische, ökonomische und kulturelle Inhalte sowie interkulturelle Ehen, der Status als Flüchtling und die Hoffnungen und Träume der Beteiligten für die Zukunft. Die Interviewten: Johnetta Page/U.S.A., Mona Agbaje/Swasiland, Robert Harrel/U.S.A., Magumba/St. Kitts, Dr. Mahoma Mwaungulu/Malawi, Alycia Jones/U.S.A., Mai Opitz Ayim/Deutschland und Ifatayo Ifayemi/Deutschland.

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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

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.

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre is a production, performance and distribution unit, which was 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 at large.
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 on a regular basis in Berlin/Germany and other European and US-American cities.
Additionally, Fountainhead® produces and directs the weekly intercultural television magazine program THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program Berlin, broadcast every Sunday from 9-10 p.m. at the Open Channel Berlin, and furthermore televised in Magdeburg, Wolfsburg and Dessau.

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Black International Cinema Berlin
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin
Cultural Zephyr e.V.
Donald M. Griffith
Gneisenaustr. 2a
10961 Berlin/Germany
Tel.: 0049(0)30 - 7821621 / 75460946
Fax: 0049(0)30 - 7863466
e-mail: bicdance@aol.com
www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com

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