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fountainheadWe are an international, intercultural community of personsengaged in achieving increasing understanding and cooperation between individuals and groups in support ofdemocratic procedures and the elimination ofviolence, 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 Personen mit dem Engagement für ein besseres Verständnis undwachsende 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-Feindlichkeitund Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur und des Dialogs.  THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Germany"CULTURE IN BERLIN" Production & Direction: Photography:
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+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter DealsUser imagesAbout fountainhead Griffith Prof. Donald Muldrow (Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.) Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre is a production, performance and distribution unit, which was initiated and developed by Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith and Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, both experienced artists from the U.S.A. Black International Cinema Berlin originated from the Black Cultural Festival, which was produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre in 1986 for the first time in Europe, a 3-week event in Berlin, which presented the contributions of Black people to world culture through film, theater, dance, music, workshops and seminars, and was an homage to the legendary tap dancer, Carnell Lyons. Additionally, Fountainhead® produces and directs since the founding in 1995, the weekly intercultural television magazine program THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program Berlin, broadcast Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. and Saturdays from 10-11 a.m. at Alex - Open Channel Berlin, and furthermore televised in Magdeburg, Wolfsburg, Dessau and additional cities. Mottoes: View my profile Send me a message My festivalThe EditorUser contributionsUser links |
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A COMPLEXION CHANGE< Berlin Germany
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
e LETTER, Berlin/Germany
June 2009
www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com
Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an
bicdance@aol.com
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XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
MAY 7 - 10, 2009
Intercultural/Interdisciplinary film/video, dance, theatre,
music & seminar presentations Berlin/Germany & USA
A COMPLEXION CHANGE
International & Intercultural Diplomacy
A tribute to
Chancellor Willy Brandt
"The future will not be mastered by those who dwell on the past."
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
President John F. Kennedy
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
President Barack Hussein Obama
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
produced & directed by
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
in association with
Cultural Zephyr e.V.
in cooperation with/in Kooperation mit
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
der Integrationsbeauftragten des Bezirks Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
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Venue/Veranstaltungsort
RATHAUS SCHÖNEBERG (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
10825 Berlin/Germany
Festival Presentations:
Kinosaal (Cinema) & Bibliothek (Library)
Admission Free / Eintritt frei
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FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2009
Best film/video by a Black filmmaker
URBANWORLD
Director: Malik Isasis, USA 2006
THE QUINTESSENTIAL BLACK WOMEN
Director: Charles O'Bannon, Jr., USA 2008
WHAT SHALL I TELL MY CHILDREN WHO ARE BLACK
The Legacy of Margaret T.G. Burroughs
Director: Nate B. Grant, USA 2008
Best film/video on matters relating to the Black Experience/
Marginalized People
TOGO
Directors: Nicholas Peart & Pierre Morath, Switzerland 2008
PRINCE OF BROADWAY
Director: Sean Baker, USA 2008
TAPOLOGO
Directors: Gabriela & Sally Gutirez Dewar, Spain/South Africa 2008
IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Director: Marc Evans, U.S.A. 2008
Best film/video by a German filmmaker or a filmmaker residing in Germany
ABORTION DEMOCRACY - POLAND/SOUTH AFRICA
Director: Sarah Diehl, Germany 2008
Best children's film/video
CIRCLE UNBROKEN
Director: Sandra Nikolajevs, USA 2008
AFIA
Director: Lacey Duke, USA 2007
Best film/video in the Fine Arts Disciplines
BLAS: EL HOMBRE Y SU LEYENDA / BLAS: THE MAN AND HIS LEGEND
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernn Humberto Restrepo, Colombia 2008
NOT ENOUGH NIGHT
Directors: Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, USA 2007
Best film/video documentary production
GRISSI SIKNIS - LA ENFERMEDAD MAGICA DE LA SELVA /
GRISSI SIKNIS - THE MAGIC SICKNESS OF THE JUNGLE
Director: Enrique Ruiz-Skipey, Spain/Nicaragua 2008
MINDELO - TRAZ D'HORIZONTE / MINDELO - BEHIND THE HORIZON
Director: Alexis Tsafas, Cape Verde 2008
INSIDE BUFFALO
Director: Fred Kudjo Kuwornu, Italy 2009
NOLLYWOOD AAN DE SCHELDE / NOLLYWOOD ABROAD
Director: Saartje Geerts, Belgium 2008
Special Filmmaker Award
YEK ROZE POR DARD / ONE DAY FULL OF PAIN
Director: Sattar Chamani Gol, Iran 2008
MADARAM SAYEH BOLANDI DARAD / MY MOM HAS A LONG SHADOW
Director: Kaveh Ghahremany, Iran 2008
BAHA / THE WILD FLOWER
Director: Shriprakash, India 2008
PESAYE ZIBAYEMAN PASHA MISHAVAD / MY BEAUTIFUL SON WILL BE KING
Director: Salem Salavati, Iran 2008
SHOBHAYATRA
Director: Vijay Ghatge, India 2005
DERAKHTE MAN / MY TREE
Director: Sara Siadat Nejad, Iran 2008
BAD HAR KOJA BEKHAHAD MIVAZAD / WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WANTS
Director: Naryam Esmikhani, Iran 2008
68 & CLEAR
Director: Dawn Westlake, USA 2007
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FILM FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS
For festival impressions,
please consult the festival website:
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC09/bic_09.htm
Photography
Andrea Brehme
Thomas M. Wendt
Marion Kramer
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VISITING FILMMAKERS
Sarah Diehl, Germany
Kaveh Ghahremany, The Islamic Republic of Iran
Vijay Ghatge, India
Galina Likosova, Colombia
Tomasz Magierski, Poland
Simone Pfeifer, Germany
Hernán Humberto Restrepo, Colombia
James Richards, USA
Enrique Ruiz-Skipey, Spain/Nicaragua
Otu Tetteh, Germany
Alexis Tsafas, Cape Verde
Patrick Vernon, UK
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
Voltastr. 5, 13355 Berlin-Wedding
* LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE *
JUNE 21
7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
CINEMA
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre Production
A Complexion Change
International & Intercultural Diplomacy
XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2009
May 7-10
OPENING PRESENTATION, May 7, 2009
INAUGURATION DAY, JANUARY 20, 2009, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
OPENING SPEECH
Presenter:
Terrence K. Williamson
Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin/Germany
Photographic Interlude
OPENING SPEECH
Presenters:
Gabriele Gün Tank
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Yamil Borges
singer/actress/poet
INTERVIEW
Terrence K. Williamson
Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin/Germany
conducted by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
for THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
Acknowledgement
Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin/Germany
Wolfgang Brandt
Peter Claussen
Kerstin Reichert
Terrence K. Williamson
Amerika Haus, Berlin/Germany
Wolfgang Brandt
Renate Semler
Thank you
ARTS CALENDAR
John F. Kennedy Schule
Jazz & Modern Movement
John F. Kennedy Friendship Center
Dancers
Jasmin Kränzel
Celina McCarthy
Esther Richards
Nadine Struck
Calvin Struck
Netra Nambiar Veetil
Production, Direction, Choreography:
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Marion Kramer
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ALEX - OFFENER KANAL BERLIN / OPEN CHANNEL BERLIN
For further information & visual impressions,
please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html
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BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN
Production & Direction: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
FestLabPass Holder
presented by European Festivals Association
FESTLAB - An Initiative of the European Festivals Association
2009 - EUROPEAN YEAR OF CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Signatory to the Arts Festivals'
Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue
http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu/405.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]
=487&tx_ttnews[backPid]=333&cHash=a84ea34108
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AACHRONYM
A Blog regarding Global African Arts with a focus on art-equity and cultural patrimony issues.
Notable Person: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
http://aachronym.blogspot.com/2007/11/notable-person-prof-donald.html
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Fountainhead® at fest21.com
http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead
Fountainhead® at MEDIAWAVE FESTIVAL, Hungary
http://www.mediawavefestival.hu/index.php?nyelv=eng&modul=filmek&kod=3003
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
Sunday 7-8 pm / 19-20 Uhr
Wednesday 11-12 pm / 23-24 Uhr
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin (Open Channel Berlin)
THE COLLEGIUM TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQOIc5EqqGw
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.
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/ Cultural Zephyr e.V.
BERLIN
Every Sunday/jeden Sonntag
7.00-8.00 pm
19.00-20.00 Uhr
Every Wednesday/jeden Mittwoch
11.00-12.00 pm
23.00-24.00 Uhr
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin
Voltastr. 5
13355 Berlin-Wedding
presenting / präsentiert werden
Cinema / State of Affairs / Arts Calendar
Filme / Diskussionen / künstlerische Darbietungen
for program information, please contact:
Programminformationen bitte unter:
0049 (0)30-782 16 21
0049 (0)30-75 46 09 46
THE COLLEGIUM MAGDEBURG
Offener Kanal Magdeburg (www.ok-magdeburg.de)
First Thursday in every month
Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat
6.00 - 7.00 pm
18.00 - 19.00 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM WOLFSBURG
TV 38 (www.tv38.de)
25.06.09 - 18.00h/6.00pm
26.06.09 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
30.07.09 - 18.00h/6.00pm
31.07.09 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
THE COLLEGIUM DESSAU
Offener Kanal Dessau (www.ok-dessau.de)
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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.
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
Copyright: Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Cultural Zephyr e.V., June 2009
A COMPLEXION CHANGE
XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
Germany & USA 2009
May 7-10
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
10825 Berlin-Schöneberg
"A COMPLEXION CHANGE – International & Intercultural Diplomacy"
A tribute to:
Chancellor Willy Brandt
"The future will not be mastered by those who dwell on the past."
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
President John F. Kennedy
"We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth."
President Barack Hussein Obama
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
produced & directed by
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
THE COLLEGIUM - FORUM & TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
in association with
CULTURAL ZEPHYR e.V.
in cooperation with
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin
From May 7-10, 2009 Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre under the direction of Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, present the interdisciplinary and intercultural film/video festival Black International Cinema Berlin for the 24th year. For the first time, the festival will guest at the Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) and be presented in cooperation with the Commissioner for Integration of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Gabriele Gün Tank.
Under the theme "A COMPLEXION CHANGE - International & Intercultural Diplomacy”, films from Africa, the African Diaspora and films with an intercultural perspective are the focus.
Approximately 60 productions will be screened, among them cinematic works from Cape Verde, Benin, France, USA, Iran, India, Togo, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Colombia, Spain, Nicaragua, Switzerland and Madagascar. In addition, film discussions, performances and seminars will be conducted.
German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn
Our festival is supported as an ideal project by the German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn. As a result we received the following letter of acknowledgement from Christine M. Merkel, Head of the Division for Culture and Memory of the World.
"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.
The German Commission for UNESCO appreciates this initiative. We kindly ask you to assist Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre / Black International Cinema Berlin / The Collegium – Forum & Television Program Berlin & Cultural Zephyr e.V. as well as all other co-organizers and project participants in realizing this project. We are convinced that this idea can offer inspiring experience to many people in the region."
Railbookers
"Since it was founded in 1986, the Black International Cinema festival in Berlin has developed into one of the most highly regarded film events in Europe and movie fans will have the chance to experience it for themselves between May 7th and 10th.
Produced and directed by the Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre, the extravaganza is an interdisciplinary and intercultural celebration of the contribution made by black actors and directors in the world of film.
The focus of the festival is to present works of a cultural, artistic and political nature coinciding with the general social, economic and educational interests of people from Africa.
Open to all filmmakers and visitors, the event provides a platform for the impact of cinema from the African Diaspora and people with an interest in intercultural relations.
The Fountainhead® organization is committed to fighting religious, ethnic and gender persecution and seeks to battle discrimination through dialogue and understanding.
By using art, theatre, dance, music and seminars, the foundation believes that prejudice against disadvantaged groups can be challenged and stronger links within society can be forged.
Visitors will be treated to powerful and thought-provoking examples of cinema from the past and present."
Information:
Tel.: 030-782 16 21/75 46 09 46 oder Fax: 786 34 66.
http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de/BIC09/bic_09.htm
http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de
http://www.black-international-cinema.com
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
e-mail: bicdance@aol.com
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
A COMPLEXION CHANGE
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THEATRE
e LETTER, Berlin/Germany
August 2008
http://members.aol.com/bicdance
www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de
www.blackinternationalcinema.de
www.black-international-cinema.com
Please send replies to / Bitte senden Sie Antworten an
bicdance@aol.com
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XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN 2008
http://www.blackinternationalcinema.de
Production & Direction:
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin
Cultural Zephyr e.V.
in association with
Classic in Black
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
in co-operation with
Foundation Diversity Forum, Warsaw/Poland
FESTIVAL IMPRESSIONS
http://www.black-international-cinema.com/BIC08/html/bic_08.htm
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin
Voltastr. 5, 13355 Berlin-Wedding
***LIVE Edition***LIVE Edition***LIVE Edition***
AUGUST 17, 2008
9.00-10.00 pm/21.00-22.00 Uhr
REPEAT
AUGUST 24, 2008
9.00-10.00 pm/21.00-22.00 Uhr
In addition
Internet Stream: www. okb.de
ARTS CALENDAR I
"Dance"
Dancers:Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith/Connecticut College, USA
& Kris/Ballett Centrum und Musicalschule, Berlin
CINEMA
"Culture In Berlin"
Photographer: Soliman Lawrence
Concept/Production/Direction: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
STATE OF AFFAIRS I
"John McCain and Barack Obama"
John-E. Matip Eichler
STATE OF AFFAIRS II
Interview with Chidiogo Akunyili
Program Director, Cultural Diplomacy in Africa (CDA)
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
ARTS CALENDAR II
"Songs"
Ranya Orfaly/vocals
Benedikt Goebel/piano
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For further information & photographic impressions,
please visit THE COLLEGIUM website.
http://www.fountainhead-tanz-theatre.de/col-e.html
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AACHRONYM
A Blog regarding Global African Arts with a focus on art-equity and cultural patrimony issues.
Notable Person: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre
http://aachronym.blogspot.com/2007/11/notable-person-prof-donald.html
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Fountainhead® at fest21.com
http://www.fest21.com/blog/fountainhead
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PART LXVI
Grownupism!
1Day, When I Grow Up!
So, as usual, I wuz sittin' an' stinkin' 'bout wut I'm gonna be one day when I grow up?
I mean, these are pretty tough decisions for a fella to make?
I gotta listen to all kinda folks from the dragon-teecher at the dungeon skool to my perents an' pardnurs an' even my sister - sumtimes!
I'm only a kid an' up to now, I'm constantly gettin' all kindsa do this an' do that stuff!
The way I figure it, it's only gonna git worse, with more stuff to listen to an' more decisions to make?
Wow, I wish I culd jes finda clear line, with all the answers I need to the questions I have, an' that in the future, I'm probably gonna have?
For instance, I wuz shakin' hands with a friend of my father, an' this guy wuz squeezin' the blood outta my fingers an' didn't wanna let go!
Then he sez, "Young man, a firm strong handshake is the mark of someone with character, so you should work on that handshake of yours!"
Then he laughed an' sed "I've got some strength training equipment and if you use it for just six months, you'll have an iron grip handshake and people will feel your character in that new hand grip of yours."
So after, I got the blood runnin' in my hand again, I started thinkin', wut in the wurl does squeezin' sumbodies hand got to do with havin' character?
So first I thought I'd better look up character in the dictionary, 'cause maybe I didn't know wut this strange language word really meant?
The book sed, "The total quality of a person's behavior, as revealed in his habits of thought and expression, his attitudes and interests, actions and personal philosophy of life!"
Far out, how in the wurl kin a hand squeezin' tuga war, wrestlin' hand shake tell alla that character stuff in a few seconds?
Personally, I think this hand squeezin' stuff is jes another struggle 'tween folks to see who is on top an' who is down under!
I figure like granma tol' me, if I grow up an' behave myself like I've been taught, then this will be plenty of proof that I'm a good character person an' forget about the hand squeezin' stuff!
It's jes a game named character, I'm not gonna play!
So after all I'm findin' an' makin' my way to growin' up an' jes like granma sed,
"You're on the right track!"
Thank you granma.
All this thinkin' an' stuff is wearing me out,
So I'm gonna say
G'nite
I love you
G'nite!
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, July 2008
PART LXVI
Erwachsensein!
Eines Tages, wenn ich erwachsen werde!
Also, wie üblich war ich am Sitz'n und Stink'n darüba, was ich ma' werde, wenn ich groß bin?
Ich mein, das sind echt krasse Entscheidungen, die man als Junge mach'n muss?
Ich soll auf alle möglichen Leute hör'n, von der Drachenlehrerin inner Kerkerschule bis zu mein' Eltern und Kumpels und sogar meine Schwester - manchma'!
Ich bin nur ein Kind und bis jetzt bekomm ich ständig allen möglichen Tu-dies-und-tu-das-Kram zu hör'n!
So wie ich mir das vorstell, wird das alles nur noch schlimmer, mit noch mehr Zeugs zum Anhör'n und noch mehr Entscheidungen treff'n?
Wow, ich wünschte, ich könnt einfach 'ne klare Linie find'n, mit den ganzen Antworten, die ich für alle meine Fragen brauch, die ich hab und die ich in der Zukunft wahrscheinlich haben werd?
Zum Beispiel hab ich einem Freund meines Vaters die Hand gegeb'n und der Typ quetschte mir das Blut aus den Fingern und ließ nich' mehr los!
Dann sagte er: "Junger Mann, ein fester Händedruck ist das Zeichen für jemanden mit Charakter, also solltest du an deinem Händedruck arbeiten!"
Dann lachte er und sagte: "Ich habe einiges an starker Trainingsausrüstung und wenn du die nur sechs Monate benutzt, hast du einen eisenharten Händedruck und die Leute werden deinen Charakter in deinem neuen Händedruck fühlen."
So, als das Blut in mein' Händen wieder floss, begann ich zu denken, was in der Welt hat das Quetschen von jemandes Hand damit zu tun, dass man Charakter hat?
Also dacht ich erst, ich schau ma' besser im Wörterbuch nach "Charakter", weil ich vielleicht nicht wusste, was dieses Wort aus einer fremden Sprache wirklich bedeutet?
Das Buch sagte: "Die ganze Qualität des Verhaltens eines Menschen, wie sie sich in seinen Gewohnheiten zu denken und sich auszudrücken, seiner Einstellung und seinen Interessen, seinem Handeln und persönlicher Lebensphilosophie äußert!"
Echt krass, wie in der Welt kann ein Händedruck wie beim Tauzieh'n und Ring'n diesen ganzen Charakterkram in 'n paar Sekunden sag'n?
Pasönlich glaub ich, dass dieses Händedruckzeugs einfach nur 'n and'rer Kampf zwischen Leuten is' über wer is' oben und wer is' unten drunter!
Ich vamute, wie Oma mir gesagt hat, dass, wenn ich erwachsen werd und mich benehm, wie man mir gesagt hat, dann is' das mehr als genug Beweis dafür, dass ich 'ne Person mit gutem Charakter bin, und ich vagess dieses Händedruckzeugs!
Das is nur 'n Spiel mit Namen Charakter, das ich nich spiel'n werd!
Also, davon abgeseh'n, find ich und mach mein' Weg und werd erwachsen und wie Oma sagt: "Du bist auf dem richtigen Weg!"
Danke, Oma.
Und dieses Denk'n und der Kram erschöpft mich.
Also sag ich ma'
'Nacht
Hab euch lieb
'Nacht
Fountainhead Tanz Theatre
Copyright, Juli 2008
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THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION PROGRAM BERLIN
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
* LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE * LIVE *
Sundays 9-10 pm / 21-22 Uhr
Offener Kanal Berlin (OKB), Open Channel Berlin
THE COLLEGIUM TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQOIc5EqqGw
THE COLLEGIUM Television Program is televised in Berlin, Magdeburg and Wolfsburg.
THE COLLEGIUM Fernsehmagazin wird in Berlin, Magdeburg und Wolfsburg ausgestrahlt.
produced & directed by/produziert und geleitet von
Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre/Black International Cinema Berlin/ Cultural Zephyr e.V.
BERLIN
Every Sunday/jeden Sonntag
9.00-10.00 pm
21.00-22.00 Uhr
Offener Kanal Berlin
Voltastr. 5
13355 Berlin-Wedding
presenting / präsentiert wird
Cinema / State of Affairs / Arts Calendar
Filme / Diskussion / Kunstkalender
for program information, please contact:
Programminformationen bitte unter:
0049 (0)30-782 16 21
0049 (0)30-75 46 09 46
THE COLLEGIUM MAGDEBURG
Offener Kanal Magdeburg (www.ok-magdeburg.de)
First Thursday in every month
Jeden ersten Donnerstag im Monat
6.00 - 7.00 pm
18.00 - 19.00 Uhr
THE COLLEGIUM WOLFSBURG
TV 38 (www.tv38.de)
27.8.08 - 18.00h/6.00pm
28.8.08 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
24.9.08 - 18.00h/6.00pm
25.9.08 - 9.00h/9.00am & 15.00h/3.00pm
THE COLLEGIUM Television Program Berlin
Upcoming *Live* Editions 2008
SEPTEMBER 21
OCTOBER 19
NOVEMBER 16
DECEMBER 14
at 9.00 p.m. / 21.00 Uhr
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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.
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
Copyright: Fountainhead®, August 2008