Germany: between 2000 and 2006, Enver Şimsek, Abdurrahim Özüdoğru, Süleyman Taşköprü, Habil Kılıç, Yunus Turgut, İsmail Yaşar, Theodoros Boulgarides, Mehmet Kubaşık and Halit Yozgat were murdered by the extreme right-wing organization “National Socialist Underground” (NSU). The group was well structured and targeted specific individuals, receiving enormous financial and strategic support from their local surroundings. No [...]
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Who’s to blame?! On the current debate on “right-wing extremism” in Germany
December 18, 2011 – 11:21 pm
Interview with Migrazine
August 3, 2011 – 10:01 am
Check out an interview about with WINGS and ROOTS with Austrian online magazine Migrazine – from migrants, for all. Associate producer Cano Turan and I discuss the project and the concept of “second-generation,” among other things. We are excited to be featured on such a great platform!
Immigrants “dumbing down” Germany: Racist propaganda by mainstream politician Thilo Sarazzin sparks heated debates throughout Germany
October 7, 2010 – 8:30 am
The cultural, social and economic integration of minorities in Germany, especially the Turkish and Muslim community, has been a heavily discussed political issue for over 10 years now. It is a discussion that started 30 years after the beginning of the “guestworker” program, but has continued to take new forms. Bias-based statements and racist views in [...]
Work in Progress screenings are great!
August 10, 2010 – 3:20 pm
We were lucky to be invited to present a work-in-progress cut of with WINGS and ROOTS at Frauenkreise Berlin (http://www.frauenkreise-berlin.de/) as part of their screening series “Inside/Between.” Without very little publicity, the space was over capacity! It was a great chance to get feedback as we begin to edit the film, and I am looking [...]
Host a feedback session of the educational video?
January 9, 2010 – 12:09 pm
We are currently finishing up editing an 18-minute educational video for high school classrooms. It draws upon the interviews conducted during pre-production with over forty children of immigrants New York and Berlin. The piece highlights five young people in each city and deals with issues of immigration, discrimination & bias-based harassment in schools, and identity. [...]
We Updated the Website!
September 3, 2009 – 6:54 pm
We have recently recreated the website making it easier to update and expand, adding a new trailer, and more recent images. As the project moves forward, we plan to make this site increasingly interactive. Please share the link with your friends and families, become our fan on Facebook and other social networking sites, and let [...]
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