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17/10/2016

Upcoming #Documentary on #NativeAmerican #Stereotypes & Life in Germany

slogansmall Forget Winnetou! Going Beyond Native Stereotypes in Germany is an upcoming documentary film by Timo Kiesel (glokal e.V.) and Red Haircrow. It is currently in production, and will combine live-action scenes, interviews and news clips with graphics and short animated sequences. Here’s a short teaser, with official trailer coming in December. Tagline: “Reeducating the Resistant”.

About the Directors/Producers:

Growing up in Germany, Timo’s world view as a kid was highly influenced by his reading of more than 60 Karl May volumes. Timo was fascinated by and liked to dress up as native. Questions of stereotyping and cultural appropriation are still viral to him today, and not only because his own kids are confronted with racist imaginary of natives in kindergarten, media and the German public. Today, Timo holds an MA in Postcolonial Studies (Goldsmith’s College, London) and works as a trainer and consultant in the context of anti-racism and anti-discrimination. He is an active member of glokal e.V. Timo’s first documentary “White Charity” deals with racism in billboard advertisements of development aid organisations. Timo lives close to Berlin, Germany.

Red Haircrow is an award-winning writer, educator and chef of Native American descent (Chiricahua Apache/Cherokee) who is currently based in Berlin. He holds a BSc in Psychology, counsels selectively and is a MA student at Montana State University Bozeman, Native American Studies. His research focus is native mental health and healing, intergenerational historical trauma and suicide. Born in Germany, but mostly growing up in the states of Alabama and Tennessee, USA like most minorities, especially natives, racism and stereotypes have heavily and negatively impacted he and his family’s lives for generations. Red is a member of Native American Journalists, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association and the American Psychology Associations, and through his multimedia consulation company, Flying With Red Haircrow Productions, he explores opportunities for collaboration in education, film, art, music and more.

Any questions, comments or requests can be sent through the form here or at their website.

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28/07/2016

Our 1st Documentary Teaser “Forget Winnetou”

“Forget Winnetou: Going Beyond Native Stereotypes in Germany” is an upcoming documentary by Timo Kiesel & Red Haircrow. Exploring themes of racism, stereotyping and erasure that Native Americans face living and working in Germany, despite German fascination with the indigenous peoples of North America.

Website: https://forgetwinnetou.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/forgetwinnetou/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forgetwinnetoufilm/

29/06/2016

Anibar #Animation Festival 2016 in Peja, Kosovo-Our “Conejitos Amarillos” Selected!

Our video “Conejitos Amarillos” with original piano composition and performance by German jazz pianist Uli Lenz has been selected for the Kids Program at the Anibar Animation ‪ Festival in Peja, Kosovo, 21-25 August 2016!

About the video:

“Conejitos Amarillos” is a short energetic piece composed and performed by German jazz pianist Uli Lenz, combined with a poem by Red Haircrow. Inspired by Lenz’s thoughts on the song’s creation and the mixture of jazz and animation in iconic Tom & Jerry cartoons, Red Haircrow created a simple but fast moving musical story of comedic gravity about the idiosyncracies of rabbits. It is part of Lenz & Haircrow, “Poetry & Piano” project, and created by Flying With Red Haircrow Productions. https://www.facebook.com/flyingwithredhaircrowproductions/

“Conejitos Amarillos” is a live recorded performance from Lenz’s solo album ““Dance Mañana” available at HGBS Studios.

About Uli Lenz:

Lenz is regarded as a brilliant musical engineer with a particularly strong left hand, and an immediately recognizable style. Through his melodically complex but highly danceable style of play, while in Africa, he acquired the nickname ‘The man who dances on the keys.’

Although based in Berlin, Germany, and being a well known artist in the local jazz scene, Uli Lenz is a world traveler in the field of jazz, serving as a musical ambassador for Germany. His tours have taken him to almost every country on earth. He has played and continues to perform in various groups, bands, duos and trios with fellow artists such as François Jeanneau, Cecil McBee, Ira Coleman, Pepe Burns, Patricia Nomakosazana Dhlamini, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez and more!”
www.ulilenz.com

22/06/2016

“Forget Winnetou!” An Upcoming #Documentary on Native Stereotypes in #Germany

“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 miseducated generations. Whether in books, film, pop culture and fashion or on sport fields as mascots, native identities have been stolen, and that theft justified with a sense of ownership and superiority. Disregard or dismissal of native concerns continues to be widespread, along with minimization of the challenges native peoples face to represent and present themselves due to resistance. These attitudes and behaviors also spread to and flourished in Germany. However, Germany presents a unique opportunity for reeducation for several reasons….”

“Forget Winnetou! Going Beyond Native Stereotypes in Germany” is a documentary film project by Timo Kiesel of Glokal e.V., and Red Haircrow. It is currently in pre-production. The film will be approximately 45mins-1hr in running length.

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