The 27th Black International Cinema Berlin 2012

FOUNTAINHEAD® Tanz Theatre e - Letter April 2012 . Berlin.Germany www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de www.blackinternationalcinema.dewww.black-international-cinema.com Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an bicdance@aol.com

IN THIS EDITION Upcoming Event:XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2012 - May 2-6 Supporting Statements Festival Program Information Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre Dedication: Berlin - Wall of Respect The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin Live Edition - April 15, 2012 "Footprints in the Sand" - Exhibition, July 1 - August 31, 2012 Fountainhead @ the Royal Opera House Muscat Aspen Creative Arts World Summit Guide to Indiana University South Bend Dance Program Collection at the IU South Bend Archives Fountainhead® at fest21 and euromight Fountainhead® Mission Statement

Upcoming Event XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2012festival online presentation May 2-6, 2012 RATHAUS SCHÖNEBERG (City Hall)John-F.-Kennedy-Saal, Kinosaal (cinema), Bibliothek (library) John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1 10825 Berlin, Germany 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 in association with / in Verbindung mit der Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin Botschaft der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, Berlin Black International Cinema Berlin is an intercultural and interdisciplinary festival, presenting the contributions of international filmmakers, artists and engaged people with diverse cultural, ethnic, socio-economic und religious backgrounds. The festival focuses on presenting works from the African Diaspora as well as contributions dealing with intercultural themes and perspectives. Black International Cinema Berlin offers a forum for the intellectual and artistic exchange and seeks to provide an oasis of inspiration and information to contribute towards a peaceful and respectful living together in our multi-faceted society. The film program will be accompanied by discussions, performances, seminars and musical presentations. Admission is without charge / Der Eintritt ist frei Production & DirectionFOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN "FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND?" - EXHIBITION, July1-August 31, 2012 in association with CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V. "....We Have A Dream and Still We Rise...." back to top

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 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 back to top

FESTIVAL PROGRAM please download the complete festival program >here< Wednesday . May 2 (John-F.-Kennedy-Saal) 6 pm / 18.00 Uhr OPENING CEREMONIES Presenters Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, co-founder/producer/publisher/director Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / The Collegium – Forum & Television Program Berlin / Cultural Zephyr e.V. Representative of the Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin Representative of the Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin Filmmakers Guests Catering Wednesday . May 2 (Kinosaal/Cinema)8 pm / 20 Uhr ADAMHA / HUMAN BEINGS more... Director: Mashaallah Mohammadi Animation, Color, 3 min. Iran 2010 no dialogue UN MILAGRO BASTANTE PROBABLE / QUITE A POSSIBLE MIRACLE more... Directors: Hugo Serra & Daniel San Román Documentary, Color, 41 min. Spain 2011 Spanish with English subtitles AFRICA: THE BEAT more... Director: Samaki Wanne Documentary, Color/B/W, 60 min. Spain 2011 Cigogo with English subtitles Wednesday . May 2 (Kinosaal/Cinema)10 pm / 22 Uhr EL NOVENO DÍA DE LA CREACIÓN / THE NINTH DAY OF CREATION more... Director: César Urbina Documentary, Color, 43 min. Spain 2011 Spanish with English subtitles DANSE LA DANSE, NACHO DUATO more... Director: Alain Deymier Documentary, Color, 66 min. Spain/France 2012 English and Spanish with English subtitles More program information: Thursday . May 3 Friday . May 4Saturday . May 5Sunday . May 6 back to top

Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre Dedication BerlinWALL 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 back to top

THE COLLEGIUM FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/ Cultural Zephyr e.V. Cinema / State of Affairs / Arts Calendar Filme / Diskussionen / künstlerische Darbietungen 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. 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), Voltastr. 5, 13355 Berlin LIVE STREAM: http://www.alex-berlin.de/tv/livestream Upcoming LIVE Edition April 15, 2012 7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr Cinema IXXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin May 2-6, 2012 previews State of Affairs Conversation... "Visual & Performing Arts Berlin" for program information, please contact: Programminformationen bitte unter: 0049 (0)30-782 16 21 0049 (0)30-75 46 09 46 THE COLLEGIUM on YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/user/thecollegium 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 back to top

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 10825 Berlin-Schöneberg 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?". 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 for further information >"Footprints in the Sand?" 2012< back to top

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 Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith produced and directed a documentary entitled: "JOURNEY TO KNOWLEDGE - ARTS IN MOTION - BERLIN - MUSCAT-OMAN - BERLIN" - regarding this summit, which will be screened during the upcoming XXVII. Black International Cinema Berlin 2012. more... back to top

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. https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/collection/archives/inventory/dance.php Alison Stankrauff, Archivist and Associate Librarian Franklin D. Schurz Library, Indiana University South Bend Curator, Dance Collection at Indiana University South Bend Archives back to top

Fountainhead® at fest21.com http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead Fountainhead® at euromight http://www.euromight.com/fountainheadtanz.php back to top

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., April 2012 back to top

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