I’ll be speaking at the Pop-up Cinema screening of “Reel Injun” on 27 July, with Berlinale NATIVe in association with Humboldt Forum. The event takes place at MACHmit! Kinder Museum at Senefelder 5/6 in Prenzlauer Berg, 10437, Berlin. Please follow BerlinaleNAtive to learn of upcoming events, as several more are planned through the end of […]
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15 June We’re at Humboldt University in Berlin- #RepresentationMatters: Decolonizing Indigeneity
Free event. “Headdresses at carnival, childhood games, books sold by the millions for generations: iconic colonial racist imagery such as Karl May’s fictional character Winnetou keeps shaping our distorted images of indigenous North American cultures and histories. Together with author, film maker and psychological counselor Red Haircrow and with Timo Kiesel, film maker (“White Charity” […]
“Forget Winnetou!” Our #Documentary on #NativeAmericans in Germany, Stereotypes & Reeducating the Resistant
“Whether from novels, non-native historians and so-called native experts, US systematic, institutional racism and white privilege caused the spread of misinformation and misinterpretation of natives around the world. In the US, native stereotypes and Eurocentric perspectives at times nearly subsumed real natives and their reality. From kindergarten to post-doctoral university, misinformation and skewed history has […]
#Berlin “Port-side” from Bus & Train (#Photo #Blog Post)
Haven’t posted a photo entry in a while although Berlin becomes no less beautiful, no less ugly and I have a photo taking device. Usually, I’m too busy or just enjoy it in the moment as it passes by. Berlin has changed a lot, especially in the last few years (and since I first visited 13 years ago) but it still has a unique quality in that you can meet individuals who just want to live, find a way, be happy as they are, however they can and they’re glad to find others like themselves. Sometimes that really discounts Germans, i.e. insane bureaucracy, self-centeredness, appropriative, but there are some really lovely locals, too, that keeps the good faith going. These photos are nothing special, but all are copyright to me, of course. Please don’t use them without express permission, which isn’t a problem. Just write using the contact form if you’d like to. Give a reference and post a link back.
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Covering Berlinale 2015: “Kuma Hina-A Place in the Middle”
Photos were taken by me at the premiere of “Lone Ranger” here in Berlin, 2013. For more information, please read my article at Indian Country Today Media Network. 2015 is the 65th year for the film festival, and I’ll be covering the premiere of “Kuma Hina: A Place in the Middle” a documentary by Emmy […]
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