FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THÉÂTRE
Founded 1980, Berlin/Germany

The events and organizations listed on this website
are produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
or are in association with Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre.

Die Veranstaltungen und Organisationen auf dieser Internetseite
werden von Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre produziert und geleitet
oder stehen in Verbindung mit Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre.

 

Fountainhead ® Tanz Theatre
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
The Equation / Die Gleichung
Choreography: Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
Dancers (from left): Uli Kopetzky, Nejla Yatkin, Katja Henke, Angela Kramer
Photograph by: Ian LLoyd Graham
 

 

 

FOUNTAINHEAD® DIRECTORY

ENGLISH
DEUTSCH
"Footprints In The Sand?"
Visual Documentation-Photographic Exhibition
"Footprints In The Sand?"
Visuelle Dokumentation-Fotoausstellung
Black International Cinema Berlin 1986-2021 posters may be consulted on this page!

 

Fountainhead Tanz Theatre - EFFE Label 2024-2025

 

Fountainhead Tanz Théâtre 

 

XXXVIII. 2023 Black International Cinema Berlin
"Footprints in the Sand?" ExhibitionBerlin 2023

 

Film Screenings

November 23-27 | December 7-11
ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin
via television & livestream

December 01-03
Marlene-Dietrich-Kinosaal (cinema)
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
Berlin/Germany

 

Exhibition

November 27 - December 31
Gallery 1. Floor | Galerie 1. Stock
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
Berlin/Germany

 

38. Black International Cinema Berlin 2023 

 

 

Best of Black International Cinema Berlin 2004 & 2005
@ Arsenal Filmarchive and Distribution
online film database of the Arsenal - Institut für Film und Videokunst

A Man Without Limits
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and Dr. Ntongela Masilela
First European 3 week historical Black Cultural Festival 1986, Berlin/Germany
Production and Direction: Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre


A MAN WITHOUT LIMITS
Producers: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre & Polish Television
Director: Prof. Ntongela Masilela, Documentary, Color, 36 min.
Poland/Germany 1986-1988, English


Documents Europe's first Black Cultural Festival,
produced and directed by Fountainhead® Tanz Theatre in Berlin, March 1986.
The Festival included the first presentation of the
Black International Cinema Film-Video Festival.
Awarded "Best Film" in 1988 by the Polish Commission for Film Arts.

The film is part of the Best of Black International Cinema Berlin 2004 series,
a Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre production
directed by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith,
founded in Berlin, Germany in 1986.

 

 

“An Aspect of History”
Humanitarian Awards, February 28, 1998, Berlin/Germany
presented by Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

An Aspect of History
from left: Milton Irons (USA), Stephania A.A. Evboikuokha (Nigeria), Angela Kramer (Germany), Mahoma Mwaungulu (Malawi)
Humanitarian Awards recipients, “An Aspect of History”, February 28, 1998, Berlin/Germany
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

Mahoma Mwaungulu:
Cinematic traces of an intra-German expulsion
The Guest who turned into the Knowledge Man: tracing exile on film


Filmische Spuren einer innerdeutschen Abschiebung
Der Gast, der sich in den Mann des Wissens verwandelte: Exil - eine filmische Spurensuche


Author: Sebastian Pampuch
Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

 

 

37. Black International Cinema Berlin 2022

 

EFFE Label 2022-2023

 

The Jena Declaration

 

 
37. Black International Cinema Berlin 2022

 

36. Black International Cinema Berlin 2021 Film Awards

 

36. Black International Cinema Berlin 2021

 

36. Black International Cinema Berlin 2021 

 

Special EFFE Label 2021 - Badge of Invention

 

 

35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020

 

 

36. Black International Cinema Berlin 2021 - CALL FOR ENTRIES 

 

CALL FOR ENTRIES

XXXVI. 2021
Black International Cinema
Berlin

festival dates to be announced

 

Entry Deadline: JUNE 30 | 2021

 

35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020

 

35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020 

 

35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020

 

Current Development (August 2, 2020)
To our friends, neighbors and filmmakers,

We have recently received a letter from the Commissioner for Integration
of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin,
informing us of the continued closure of the cinema
at Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) due to the current pandemic.
Therefore we are in the process of seeking additional resources
for the presentation of the 35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020.
We will inform you as the matter progress.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Your festival team

 

New Development (April 22, 2020)
To our friends, neighbors and filmmakers,

Well, believe it or not, here we are again!
During the last days-times,
a decision to continue
the closure of resources,
including the 35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020 venue,
has encouraged us into a
postponement conclusion!
Please be patient and a.s.a.p.,
we will return with fresh dates and times.
Thank you for your much appreciated support.


Smiles, Peace, Happiness and Health
Oops, did we forget Mo...?

 

(April 5, 2020)
To our friends, neighbors and filmmakers,


Greetings from Berlin.
We are currently making preparations for the
35th edition of Black International Cinema Berlin 2020.
As matters stand, because of a world wide occurance of demanding concern,
we await government permission to enable the planned festival
during May 7-10, 2020, or if advised,
we will postpone the festival until a later date.
In the event of postponement, we will notify everyone concerned.
Thank you for your patience, understanding and support.


Smiles and Peace

 

35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020

 

Aktuelle Entwicklung (2. August 2020)
An unsere FreundInnen, NachbarInnen und FilmemacherInnen,

Wir haben vor Kurzem ein Schreiben der Integrationsbeauftragten
des Bezirks Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, erhalten,
in dem wir über die andauernde Schließung des Kinos
im Rathaus Schöneberg aufgrund der aktuellen Pandemie informiert wurden.
Daher sind wir derzeit auf der Suche nach neuen Ressourcen für die
Präsentation des 35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020.
Wir werden Euch im weiteren Verlauf informieren.
Vielen Dank für Eure Geduld und Euer Verständnis.


Euer Festivalteam

 

Neue Entwicklung (22. April 2020)
An unsere FreundInnen, NachbarInnen und FilmemacherInnen,

Nun, ob Ihr es glaubt oder nicht, hier sind wir wieder!
Während der letzten Tage
hat uns eine Entscheidung,
die Verlängerung der Schließung von Ressourcen,
einschließlich des Veranstaltungsortes für das 35. Black International Cinema Berlin 2020,
dazu veranlasst,
eine Verschiebung zu beschließen!
Bitte habt etwas Geduld und so bald wie möglich
werden wir mit neuen Daten und Zeiten zurückkehren.
Vielen Dank für Eure geschätzte Unterstützung.


Zuversicht, Frieden, Glück und Gesundheit
Hoppla, haben wir die Moneten vergessen?

 

(5. April 2020)
An unsere FreundInnen, NachbarInnen und FilmemacherInnen,


Grüße aus Berlin.
Wir bereiten uns derzeit auf die
35. Ausgabe des Black International Cinema Berlin 2020 vor.
Nach heutigem Stand der Dinge, aufgrund des weltweiten Auftretens
dieser herausfordernden Problematik, warten wir auf die Erlaubnis der Regierung,
das geplante Festival vom 7. bis 10. Mai 2020 zu ermöglichen,
oder wir werden, wenn dies empfohlen wird,
das Festival auf einen späteren Zeitpunkt verschieben.
Im Falle einer Verschiebung werden wir alle Betroffenen benachrichtigen.
Vielen Dank für Eure Geduld, Euer Verständnis und Eure Unterstützung.

Zuversicht und Frieden

 

 

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Descending/Ascending, II - Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

SCREENING 2019
presented by Medienwerkstatt Berlin

Backlight | Rücklicht

November 4-8 | Kino Central | daily 5-6 p.m./täglich 17-18 Uhr
Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin-Mitte

The Medienwerkstatt Berlin will present its yearly screening
at Cinema Central in Berlin, Germany.
From November 4-8, 2019, daily from 5.00 - 6.00 p.m.,
videos and soundtracks from international artists will be screened,
which had been produced at the Medienwerkstatt.


Among them a Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre Production
of THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin


Descending/Ascending, II
Aspiration, effort towards equality, remain the necessity
of Women for Centuries,
despite efforts of their contrasting gender, to oppose and
suppress them and their respective Twin Gender,
aka Males!
Onward, Upward and Women will never
Forsake,
Hope, Decision, Discipline and Strength in realizing their
determination to establish a realization of
Humankind,
the basis for
Women and Men!

Absteigend/Aufsteigend, II
Streben, Einsatz für Gleichheit: Notwendigkeit
von Frauen seit Jahrhunderten,
trotz Bemühungen ihres gegensätzlichen Geschlechts, sich zu widersetzen und
sie und ihr Zwillingsgeschlecht, a.k.a. Männer, zu unterdrücken!
Vorwärts, Aufwärts – Frauen werden niemals
Hoffnung, Entscheidung, Disziplin und Stärke aufgeben
bei der Umsetzung ihrer
Entschlossenheit für
eine Menschheit,
die Basis für
Frauen und Männer!

Screening date: Tuesday | November 5 | 2019 | 5-6 p.m.
Vorführtermin: Dienstag | 5. November 2019 | 17-18 Uhr

produced and directed by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre, Black International Cinema Berlin,
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" ExhibitionBerlin, Cultural Zephyr e.V.

 

EFFE Label 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
Black International Cinema Berlin
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin
"Footprints in the Sand?" ExhibitionBerlin

in association with
Cultural Zephyr e.V.

...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.

...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 Rassenhass, durch die Mittel der Kunst, der Bildung, der Kultur und des Dialogs.

...sont 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.

...kültürler ve uluslar arasi bir topluluk olarak, bireyler ve gruplar arasinda daha iyi bir anlayis ve is birlikteligi için angaje olmaktayiz, bununla demokratik bir sürecin destegiyle sanat, egitim, kültür ve dialog araciligi ile siddet, homoseksüel düsmanligi ve irklar arasi kin ve nefret duzgusuna bir çözüm getirmek istiyoruz.

...é uma comunidade international e intercultural de pessoas empenhádas em melhorar a compreensão e aumentar a cooperação entre indivíduos e grupos, apoiando o processo democrãtico e a eliminação da violência, discriminação homossexual e racismo, a trave's da arte, educação, cultura e diálogo.

...sono una communità internazionale e interculturale di persone impegnate per una migliore comprensione e cooperazione tra gl'individui e i gruppi, con la meta di dare un impulso al processo democratico, eliminando cosi la violenza, il rassismo e la discriminazione degli omosessuali - per questa realisazione ci sono gl'instrumenti dell'arte dell'educazione, della cultura e dello dialogo.

...son una comunidad internacional e intercultural de personas empenadas para una mejor comprensión y cooperación entre los individuos y grupos, con la meta de dar fuerza al impulso democrático y asi de eliminar también la violencia como el racismo y la discriminación de los homosexuales. Por eso se usan los medios del arte, de la educación, de la cultura y del diálogo.



34. Black International Cinema Berlin 2019 Film Awards 

XXXIV. 2019 Black International Cinema Berlin

 

34. Black International Cinema Berlin 2019 under the patronage of the German Commission for UNESCO 

 

 

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre and Guests
@ CrossKultur 2018

Berlin, Tempelhof-Schöneberg


Remembrance = Present – Future?
Was = Is – Will be perhaps?
CrossKultur


Venue:
Rathaus Schöneberg, Kinosaal
City Hall Schöneberg, Cinema
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin

Date: 08.12.2018
Time: 7 pm


An Evening with Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre and Guests.
"CrossKultur": Perspectives in Comparison. Films and Discussion.

Please download the program here.

Fountainhead Tanz Théâtre at CrossKultur 2018

 

SCREENING 2018
presented by
medienwerkstatt berlin
November 5-9 | Kino Central
daily 5-6 p.m.

Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin-Mitte

The Medienwerkstatt Berlin presented its yearly screening
at Cinema Central in Berlin, Germany.
From November 5-9, 2018, daily from 5.00 - 6.00 p.m.,
videos and soundtracks from international artists
were screened, which had been produced at the Medienwerkstatt.
Among them
"Yesterday – Here ? | Today - Away",
produced and directed by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith,
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre, Black International Cinema Berlin,
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" ExhibitionBerlin, Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Robert "Bob" Harrell

Yesterday – Here ? | Today - Away
Gestern – Hier ? | Heute - Fort

In Memoriam

Persons formerly living, made transitions into another existence,
but their contributions remain.

Personen, die vormals lebten, gingen hinüber in eine andere Existenz,
aber ihre Beiträge bleiben bestehen.

May Ayim | Lt. Col. Howard L. Baugh (Tuskegee Airmen) | Earl Bostic |
Michael Reichel | Mahoma Mwaungulu | Robert "Bob" Harrell ("Talk of the Town") |
Michael Clifton | Roswitha and Jimmy Günther | Rudolf "Rudy" Stevenson |
Oscar Brown Jr. | Calvann Cole | Lou Blackburn | Carnell Lyons | Oliver "Ollie" Harrington |
Damon Pearce | Bruce Hawkins | Tom Cuson | Nana Shineflug |
Tod Jackson | Robert Abbott Sengstacke


"I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won't if I don't..." - Oscar Brown Jr.

Screening date: Thursday | November 8 | 2018

 

XXXIII. 2018 Black International Cinema Berlin

 

XXXIII. 2018 Black International Cinema Berlin - "Footprints in the Sand?" ExhibitionBerlin 2018

 

 

Great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, AVA Reading the Universal Declaration of Human RightsMarion Kramer, AVA Reading the Universal Declaration of Human RightsAngela Kramer, AVA Reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
from left, in order of assigned text and appearance: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith (Article 2), Marion Kramer (Article 5), Angela Kramer (Article 9),
Photography: Karen Axelrad

(AVA)
American Voices Abroad

Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin, Germany
17. ilb
September 6-16, 2017


AVA Reading the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights


Guests
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre was invited by American Voices Abroad (AVA), Berlin,
to participate in the Worldwide Reading for Human Rights,
September 6, 2017, 7:00 pm, at the CIEE Global Insitute in Berlin.
AVA responded to the call of the International Literature Festival
to participate in a worldwide reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Among the many readings in Berlin, this was the only one in English.
The purpose of these readings is to reignite
and strengthen the concept of human rights in the world today.
The readers from Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre were
Angela Kramer, Marion Kramer and Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith.

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre wurde von American Voices Abroad (AVA), Berlin, eingeladen,
an der Worldwide Reading for Human Rights (Weltweite Lesung für Menschenrechte)
am 6. September 2017 ab 19.00 Uhr in dem CIEE Global Insitute in Berlin teilzunehmen.
AVA antwortete auf den Aufruf des Internationalen Literaturfestivals,
an einer weltweiten Lesung der universellen Deklaration der Menschenrechte teilzunehmen.
Unter den vielen Lesungen in Berlin war dies die einzige auf Englisch.
Der Zweck dieser Lesungen ist es, das Konzept der Menschenrechte
in der heutigen Welt neu zu entfachen und zu stärken.
Die Vortragenden von Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre waren
Angela Kramer, Marion Kramer und Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith.

 

THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program - Active for Democracy and Tolerance 2016 Award

 

 

Congress of Berlin, 1878

The Congress of Berlin (13 June – 13 July 1878),
under the leadership of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck,
was a meeting of representatives of six Great powers at the time
(Russia, Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Germany),
the Ottoman Empire and four Balkan states (Greece, Serbia, Romania and Montenegro),
aiming at determining territories of the states in the Balkan peninsula
following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78.
The Congress came to an end with a signing of the Treaty of Berlin,
which replaced the preliminary Treaty of San Stefano
signed three months earlier between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
(Wikipedia)


Berliner Kongress, 1878

Der Berliner Kongress (13. Juni - 13. Juli 1878),
unter der Leitung des deutschen Bundeskanzlers Otto von Bismarck,
war ein Treffen von Vertretern von sechs Großmächten der damaligen Zeit
(Russland, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Österreich-Ungarn, Italien und Deutschland),
das Osmanische Reich und vier Balkanstaaten (Griechenland, Serbien, Rumänien und Montenegro)
mit dem Ziel, die Territorien der Staaten auf der Balkanhalbinsel
nach dem Russisch-Türkischen Krieg von 1877/78 zu bestimmen.
Der Kongress endete mit der Unterzeichnung des Berliner Vertrages,
der den vor drei Monaten unterzeichneten Vorfrieden von San Stefano
zwischen Russland und dem Osmanischen Reich ersetzte.
(Übersetzung des englischen Wikipedia-Textes)

 

Der Berliner Kongress von 1878
Painter/Maler: Anton von Werner
Banquet Hall/Festsaal, Rotes Rathaus, Berlin/Germany

Aktiv für Demokratie und Toleranz 2016, Award Ceremony, June 19, 2017, Rotes Rathaus, Berlin/Germany
Photographer Photo: ALEX Berlin
Photograph: Arthur Patching

 

Berlin Conference, 1884-85

The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference,
regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period,
and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power.
The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany,
its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference,
can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa.
The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers,
which eliminated or overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance.
(Wikipedia)


Berliner Konferenz, 1884-85

Die Berliner Konferenz von 1884-85, auch bekannt als Kongo-Konferenz oder Westafrika-Konferenz,
regulierte die europäische Kolonisation und den Handel in Afrika während des Neuen Imperialismus
und fiel zusammen mit Deutschlands plötzlichem Aufstieg als imperiale Macht.
Die Konferenz wurde von Otto von Bismarck organisiert, der erste Bundeskanzler von Deutschland,
dessen Ergebnis, das Allgemeine Gesetz der Berliner Konferenz,
kann als die Formalisierung des Wettlaufs um Afrika gesehen werden.
Die Konferenz führte zu einer Periode der verstärkten kolonialen Tätigkeit durch europäische Mächte,
die die meisten existierenden Formen der afrikanischen Autonomie
und Selbstregierung beseitigte oder sich über sie hinwegsetzte.
(Übersetzung des englischen Wikipedia-Textes)

 

THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin - Award Ceremony
Award Ceremony, June 19, 2017, Rotes Rathaus Berlin/Germany
from left: Angela Kramer, production co-ordinator;
Ricky Reiser, artist/journalist/historian;
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, co-founder/producer/director/publisher/curator/moderator;
Marion Kramer, public relations co-ordinator;
Thomas M. Wendt, technician; Martin Christoph, technician; Martin Kersten, camera
Photograph: ALEX Berlin


As part of the "Active for Democracy and Tolerance 2016" competition,
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
was ranked as an exemplary project and honored with an award
by the Advisory Council of the Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz
(Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance) during their meeting on November 21st, 2016.

Im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs "Aktiv für Demokratie und Toleranz 2016"
wurde THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
vom Beirat des Bündnisses für Demokratie und Toleranz in seiner Sitzung am 21.11.2016
als vorbildliches Projekt eingestuft und mit einem Preis ausgezeichnet.

 

XXXII. 2017 Black International Cinema Berlin

 

32. Black International Cinema Berlin 2017

 

EFFE Label 2017-2018

 

A Warm Welcome to the New IYGU Partners

International Year of Global Understanding - THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin

 

Arts and Society | Memoire de l´Avenir

 

XXXII. 2017 Black International Cinema Berlin - Footprints in the Sand? ExhibitionBerlin

 

 

Wettbewerb 2016 - Aktiv für Demokratie und Toleranz

As part of the "Active for Democracy and Tolerance 2016" competition,
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
was ranked as an exemplary project and honored with an award
by the Advisory Council of the Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz
(Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance) during their meeting on November 21st, 2016.

Im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs "Aktiv für Demokratie und Toleranz 2016"
wurde THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
vom Beirat des Bündnisses für Demokratie und Toleranz in seiner Sitzung am 21.11.2016
als vorbildliches Projekt eingestuft und mit einem Preis ausgezeichnet.

Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz - Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

 

 



Creation: David Gnad

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
@ Berliner Liste 2016
(fair for contemporary art)
in association with & upon invitation by Medienwerkstatt Berlin

present 2 editions of
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin


September 15-18
Sept 15-17: 1-9 pm | Sept 18: 11 am - 7 pm

Opening: Wednesday | Sept 14 | 6-10 pm


Kraftwerk Berlin
Schaltzentrale (control center)
Köpenicker-Straße 70
10179 Berlin-Mitte

 

XXXI. 2016 Black International Cinema Berlin

 

 

AND A CHILD WILL LEAD THE WAY...
Production/Direction:
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
Germany 2015 | 5 min.
Observe - Analyze - Proceed
A Complexion Change
"Chancellor Angela Merkel,
a lady willingly and ably addressing issues
of our and others historical concerns.
Thank you for your leadership."

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre, September 26, 2015

Cinema Central | Kino Central
Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Thursday, November 19, 2015
5.00 - 6.00 pm / 17.00 - 18.00 Uhr


SCREENING 2015
presented by
medienwerkstatt berlin
November 16-20 | Kino Central
& @ Vimeo

Please download the screening program.

 

Unity Through Diversity?


 

Anniversary 2015
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre, 35 years
Black International Cinema Berlin, 30th edition
Black International Cinema Berlin Film Awards, 25 years

THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin, 20 years
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition, 15 years

Cultural Zephyr e.V., 25 years

 

 


Europe´s finest festivals honored with
EFFE Label 2015-2016




Fountainhead Tanz Théâtre
Black International Cinema Berlin
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin
has been acknowledged by the
EFFE International Jury as one of
Europe's finest festivals and honored by receiving the
EFFE Label 2015-2016
(Europe for Festivals/Festivals for Europe).

 

ALEX - Offener Kanal Berlin congratulates...


from left: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, MFA Kera, Louis-Jean, Guest, Mahgoub Mohamed Eltayeb,
Kani Tuyala, Christian Jolibois, Marion Kramer

foreground: Mike Russell, not in photograph: Martin Kersten, Angela Kramer
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin, February 16, 2014
Black History Month Television Presentation
"Happy Berlin" THE COLLEGIUM Television Dancers
Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin visit of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964
www.youtube.com/user/thecollegium
Photograph: Thomas M. Wendt


"Subject: Alternative Media Award: Good News for you!
Dear Mr. Muldrow Griffith,
In the section "Video", the pre-jury arrived at a decision and nominated the works:
"Happy Berlin" THE COLLEGIUM Television Dancers
You are part of it - Congratulations!"

"Betreff: Alternativer Medienpreis: Gute Nachrichten für Sie!
Sehr geehrter Herr Muldrow Griffith,
in der Sparte "Video" hat die Vorjury ihre Arbeit getan und die Nominierungen vorgenommen:
"Happy Berlin" THE COLLEGIUM Television Dancers
Sie sind dabei - herzlichen Glückwunsch!"

Stiftung Journalistenakademie

 


in cooperation with / in Kooperation mit
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft
Institutsdirektor Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mühl-Benninghaus

 

 

"HAPPY BERLIN"
THE COLLEGIUM TELEVISION DANCERS

at Cinema Central / Kino Central
Rosenthaler Str. 39, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Friday, November 28, 2014
5.00 - 6.00 pm / 17.00 - 18.00 Uhr

The Medienwerkstatt Berlin presents its yearly screening
at Cinema Central in Berlin, Germany.
From November 24 - 28, 2014, daily from 5.00 - 6.00 p.m.,
videos and soundtracks from international artists
will be screened, which were produced at the Medienwerkstatt.
Among them "Happy Berlin" THE COLLEGIUM Television Dancers,
produced and directed by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith,
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre, Black International Cinema Berlin,
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition, Cultural Zephyr e.V.

 


Festival of Lights, October 10-19, 2014, Berlin/Germany
Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin/Germany
Collage: Thomas M. Wendt

 


Integrationspreis 2014 / Integration Prize 2014

Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany

Preisträger / Award Recipient
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith

Preisverleihung / Award Ceremony
October 1, 2014
Goldener Saal / Golden Hall
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall), Berlin/Germany

von links/from left:
Gabriele Gün Tank
Integrationsbeauftragte des Bezirks Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Jan-Ulrich Franz
Die Piratenpartei
The Pirate Party
Angelika Schöttler
Bezirksbürgermeisterin Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
District Mayor, Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Gülsen Aktas
Nominierte / Nominee

Leiterin von HUZUR - Seniorenfreizeitstätte, Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Director of HUZUR - Seniors Leisure Center, Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Preisträger / Award Recipient
Gründer/Produzent/Leiter/Publizist/Kurator/Moderator /
Founder/Producer/Director/Publisher/Curator/Moderator:
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre/Black International Cinema Berlin/
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin/
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition/Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Petra Dittmeyer

Vorsteherin der Bezirksverordnetenversammlung, Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Director of the District Assembly, Tempelhof/Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany

Foto/Photograph: Angela Kramer

LAUDATIO / LAUDATORY (pdf)
WEITERE INFORMATIONEN / FURTHER INFORMATION

 



Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
courtesy: Elisabeth Dumont, Caro, Thierry
Ville de Liège
Culture - Urbanisme - Relations interculturelles



The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin: Black International Cinema Berlin


 


Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, founder and director of Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre,
Black International Cinema Berlin, THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition and Cultural Zephyr e.V.,
has been nominated for the German Prize for Civic Engagement 2014.
The German Prize for Civic Engagement aims at strengthening
the recognition of citizen engagement in Germany, as well as increasing its visibility.

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Gründer und Leiter von Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre,
Black International Cinema Berlin, THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition und Cultural Zephyr e.V.,
wurde für den Deutschen Engagementpreis 2014 nominiert.
Der Deutsche Engagementpreis verfolgt das Ziel, die Anerkennung von bürgerschaftlichem Engagement
in Deutschland zu stärken und dessen Sichtbarkeit in der Gesellschaft zu verbessern.


XXIX. Black International Cinema Berlin
May 7-11, 2014

"Pathways to Enlightenment / Wege zur Erkenntnis"

"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition
July 1 - August 31, 2014

 

 

 



Black International Cinema Berlin Archive
at Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen




 


A COMPLEXION CHANGE
Transnational & Intercultural Diplomacy
The Future is Now

 

Dedicated to
Nelson Mandela
July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013

The
Beautiful Shining Star
of Humankind


December 6, 2013
4 p.m.

Rathaus Schöneberg (Cinema)
CrossKultur 2013 Tempelhof-Schöneberg


please click here for further information



Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, founder and director of Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre,
Black International Cinema Berlin, THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition and Cultural Zephyr e.V.,
has been nominated for the German Prize for Civic Engagement 2013.
The German Prize for Civic Engagement aims at strengthening
the recognition of citizen engagement in Germany, as well as increasing its visibility.

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Gründer und Leiter von Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre,
Black International Cinema Berlin, THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin,
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition und Cultural Zephyr e.V.,
wurde für den Deutschen Engagementpreis 2013 nominiert.
Der Deutsche Engagementpreis verfolgt das Ziel, die Anerkennung von bürgerschaftlichem Engagement
in Deutschland zu stärken und dessen Sichtbarkeit in der Gesellschaft zu verbessern.

 

The Aspirants

Once upon a time,
we dreamed of a peaceful existence.
Now, we not only dream,
but add the ingredients
of enlightenment, struggle,
determination, vision, sacrifice
and perseverance.

written by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
inspired by "...What is the plan?..." - Oscar Brown Jr.

Die Aspiranten

Einst träumten wir
von einem friedlichen Leben.
Heute träumen wir nicht nur,
sondern fügen die Zutaten
Aufklärung, Kampf, Entschlossenheit,
Vision, Opferbereitschaft
und Beharrlichkeit hinzu.

Text von Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
inspiriert von "...Was ist der Plan?..." - Oscar Brown Jr.

 






"A Compexion Change - View to the Future"
December 10, 2011
6 p.m.

Rathaus Schöneberg (Cinema)
CrossKultur Tempelhof-Schöneberg


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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 Théâtre Berlin Germany,
as directors of the Dance Department from 1992 to 1995,
with numerous visual material as recent as 2011.

 






For further information, please click on the announcement

 

XXIV. Black International Cinema Berlin
May 7-10, 2009

 

XXV. Black International Cinema Berlin 2010
Opening Doors for filmmakers:
A COMPLEXION CHANGE
....We Have A Dream and Still We Rise.... An International Media Project


further information
(pdf)



XXIV. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA BERLIN 2009
Production & Direction: Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

FestLabPass Holder
presented by

European Festivals Association

FestLabPass Holder: download (pdf)



Signatory to the Arts Festivals'
Declaration on Intercultural Dialogue

 

 

Introduction_I
Introduction_II

 

Racial Tolerance and Cultural Diversity Ribbon

 


Little Girl and Friend

 

[ aticc ]
Boutique + Gallery



Kollage by Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith



 

Preis für eine kulturell besonders interessante Internetseite

Award for a highly recommended cultural website

 


Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre / Black International Cinema Berlin
has been granted the status of
"Associated Projects to the UNESCO Slave Route Project."

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre / Black International Cinema Berlin
wurde der Status
"Associated Projects to the UNESCO Slave Route Project"
erteilt.

 

CERTIFICATE
For Exemplary Social Engagement

"For Effective Representation of Democracy and Tolerance" 2003/2007
for
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
presented by
Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz

URKUNDE
Über Vorbildliches und Nachahmenswertes Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement

"Aktiv für Demokratie und Toleranz" 2003/2007
für
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
verliehen vom
Bündnis für Demokratie und Toleranz

 

 


ORIGINS OF RESPECT

John Willis Griffith Edith Muldrow Griffith
John Willis Griffith and Edith Muldrow Griffith

 

Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith
Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith
Co-Founder/Director: Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre, Black International Cinema Berlin,
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Munich and Cultural Zephyr e.V.

 

PROF. DR. RICHARD VON WEIZSÄCKER
former president of Germany
&
FOUNTAINHEAD® TANZ THÉÂTRE
1980 / 2007


Richard von Weizsäcker and the guests he invited to the Reichstag.
Berlin, June 4th, 1980

The 25-year-old actress Gayle McKinney and the 30-year-old director Donald Griffith (photo) are two of the over thirty Americans living in Berlin, who met with the vice president of parliament, Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker. The guests also spoke with the Berlin top politician about their issues regarding the bureaucracy in Berlin. Richard von Weizsäcker said, "The relationship between our American friends and the Berliners has to remain as it was at the time of the blockade.


GRADUATION DAY, June 28, 2007, John F.-Kennedy Schule, Berlin/Germany

Dr. Ulrich Schürmann, principal John F.-Kennedy Schule, Berlin/Germany
Prof. Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker, former president of Germany
Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, co-founder/director:
Fountainhead Tanz Théâtre/Black International Cinema Berlin/
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
Prof. Dr. Richard von Weizsäcker & Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith

Graduate Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith
with her parents
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith & Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith
co-founders/directors:
Fountainhead Tanz Théâtre/Black International Cinema Berlin/
The Collegium - Forum & Television Program Berlin/
Cultural Zephyr e.V.


 

XXIII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
BERLIN/WARSAW 2008

 

Generations / Generationen

XXII. BLACK INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
BERLIN 2007



 


    





Edith Muldrow & Edith Pearson King

 

 


MAY VOICES IN BERLIN 2005 Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson

 

XIX. Black International Cinema 2004
XIX. Black International Cinema Berlin 2004

 

is presented under the patronage of

Günter Piening
Commissioner of the Berlin/Germany Senate
for Integration and Migration

wird präsentiert unter der Schirmherrschaft von

Günter Piening
Beauftragter des Senats von Berlin/Germany
für Integration und Migration

 

XVIII. Black International Cinema 2003

 

Flower
Photograph: Peter Gorwin

 

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Documenta 11 - Kassel, Germany
Curator Okwui Enwezor

"Art that does not care to be political
would hardly be contemporary"

Johannes Rau / former President of Germany

The Reichstag, Berlin/Germany - Photo: Dietmar Friton
The Reichstag, Berlin/Germany

 

XVIII. Black International Cinema 2003

  18. Black International Cinema Berlin 2003



Documenta 11 - Kassel, Deutschland
Kurator Okwui Enwezor

"Kunst, die nicht daran interessiert ist politisch zu sein,
kann kaum zeitgenössisch sein "

Johannes Rau / Bundespräsident von Deutschland a. D.

 

17. Black International Cinema Berlin 2002 17. Black International Cinema 2002

17. Black International Cinema 2002

 

Black International Cinema Berlin

XVI.
Black International Cinema

Berlin/Cottbus/Düsseldorf/München

Germany & U.S.A. 2001

16. Black International Cinema Berlin 2001

Black International Cinema Berlin

15. Black International Cinema 2000

 

14. Black International Cinema Berlin 1999

 

13. Black International Cinema Berlin 1998

 

11. Black International Cinema Berlin 1996

 

10. Black International Cinema Berlin 1995

 

9. Black International Cinema Berlin 1994

 

8. Black International Cinema Berlin 1993

 

7. Black International Cinema Berlin 1992

 

6. Black International Cinema Berlin 1991

 

5. Black International Cinema Berlin 1990

 

4. Black International Cinema Berlin 1989

 

3. Black International Cinema Berlin 1988

 

2. Black International Cinema Berlin 1987

 

Black Cultural Festival Berlin 1986

MOTTOES

"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 Hussein Obama

"YES, WE CAN AND YES, WE BETTER...!"
Barack Hussein Obama and Donald Muldrow Griffith


 

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