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Poland: Litzmannstadt Ghetto

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Poland commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Rroma camp in the Litzmannstadt Ghetto. In the Litzmannstadt Ghetto (created by the occupation authorities in February 1940), a very small area was separated as a Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager). More than 5,000 Roma and Sinti deported from Burgenland on the border between the Austro-Hungarian were interned there. The camp was separated from the Ghetto by double barbed wire and deep moat, and the windows were boarded. In such terrible conditions Rroma – most of which were small children – had no chance of survival. There was immediately a typhus epidemic broke out, which decimated the population. On January 5, 1942, the Nazis began deportation to the extermination camp at Chelmno on the Ner. Within a week Gypsy camp was liquidated. Not a single person survived.

75. rocznica likwidacji obozu cygańskiego w Litzmannstadt Getto [ZDJĘCIA, FILM]. In: Polska Times. 12.01.2017. http://www.polskatimes.pl/fakty/kraj/a/75-rocznica-likwidacji-obozu-cyganskiego-w-litzmannstadt-getto-zdjecia-film,11684650/ [link-preview url=”http://www.polskatimes.pl/fakty/kraj/a/75-rocznica-likwidacji-obozu-cyganskiego-w-litzmannstadt-getto-zdjecia-film,11684650/”]

Bosnian Rrom Actor

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The Bosnian Rroma actor Nazif Mujic who won a Silver Bear award for Best Actor for his performance in the film ‘An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker’ at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2013 is selling his trophy because he needs money.
A shame for Bosnia and for us all.

– Roma actor sells Silver Bear award to feed kids. In: ENCA. 07.01.2017. http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids [link-preview url=”http://www.enca.com/life/entertainment/roma-actor-sells-silver-bear-award-to-feed-kids”]

A Movie on Django Reinhardt

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A movie on Django Reinhardt opened the Berlin Festival. Will be worth seeing and judging, but it is certainly a difficult subject.

– Film über Django Reinhardt eröffnet Festival. In: Spiegel Online. 04.01.2017. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html
– “Django” wird die Berliner Filmfestspiele eröffnen. Der Tagesspiegel. 04.01.2017. http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/berlinale-2017-django-wird-die-berliner-filmfestspiele-eroeffnen/19208970.html [link-preview url=”http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/berlinale-2017-eroeffnungsfilm-ueber-django-reinhardt-a-1128520.html “]

I am a Sinto

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The Association of German Sinti and Roma has issued a movie commemorating 40 years of civil society work and of the fight against stereotypes and prejudice.
Worth seing!

– „Ich bin ein deutscher Sinto“ In: Echo. 22.12.2016. http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm [link-preview url=”http://www.echo-online.de/lokales/darmstadt/ich-bin-ein-deutscher-sinto_17558176.htm”]

French Comedy …

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Bad taste in France. The comedian Christian Clavier who a while back said he would produce a comedy on Rroma called “Sivouplee” a pun on the beggars asking “s’il vous plait” released the trailer of the movie now called “A bras ouverts” – with open arms.
All clichés are there. BAD and BAD TASTE.

– Christian Clavier accueille des roms dans “A bras ouvert” In: Paris Match. 16.12.2016. http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Christian-Clavier-accueille-des-roms-dans-A-bras-ouvert-1145000
– Christian Clavier accueille des Roms dans la bande-annonce d’À Bras ouverts. In: Premiere. 16.12.2016. http://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Christian-Clavier-accueille-des-Roms-dans-la-bande-annonce-d-A-Bras-ouverts
– Clavier lance la bande-annonce de Sivouplééé ! rebaptisé À bras ouverts. In: Le Point. 16.12.2016. http://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/cinema/clavier-lance-la-bande-annonce-de-sivoupleee-rebaptise-a-bras-ouverts-16-12-2016-2090909_2923.php
– À bras ouverts: S’il vous plaît, pas une comédie sur les Roms avec Christian Clavier! In: Le Figaro. 16.12.2016. http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2016/12/17/03004-20161217ARTFIG00088–bras-ouverts-s-il-vous-plait-pas-une-comedie-sur-les-roms-avec-christian-clavier.php
– A bras ouverts : la comédie de Christian Clavier décriée sur YouTube et Twitter. In: Braindamaged. 18.12.2016. http://braindamaged.fr/2016/12/18/a-bras-ouverts-la-comedie-de-christian-clavier-decriee-sur-youtube-et-twitter/
– Le trailer malaise du jour : la comédie sur les Roms avec Christian Clavier. In: konbini.com. http://www.konbini.com/fr/entertainment-2/trailer-malaise-jour-comedie-roms-christian-clavier/ [link-preview url=”http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/Christian-Clavier-accueille-des-roms-dans-A-bras-ouvert-1145000″]

French Chronicle …

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Mixed week on Rroma in France … Lots on a French Comedy “A bras Ouverts” on which we report separately, and otherwise, well, not so much. A helper who sexually aggressed Rroma children (just one story among many, we fear); Migrants when there are Rroma is apparently a no go in France – Really bad! -; an exhibition on Rroma near Paris; still issues with the enrolment of children in schools in France; cleaning the aftermath of an illegal camp near Paris; the evacuation of another camp near Paris; mobilisation against an expulsion in Angers in Western France; a mobilisation against a Front National mayor in Marseilles; and finally what is good, an article about the stereotype of the stealing Rrom…

– Montpellier : un faux bénévole condamné pour agression sexuelle sur des enfants roms. In: Le Parisien. 13.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/montpellier-un-faux-benevole-condamne-pour-agression-sexuelle-sur-des-enfants-roms-13-12-2016-6450699.php
– « On est déjà envahi par les Roms, vous avez perdu la raison » In: Le Parisien. 17.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/val-d-oise-95/on-est-deja-envahi-par-les-roms-vous-avez-perdu-la-raison-17-12-2016-6465891.php
– Bagnolet : expo, film et conférence sur les Roms en Europe. In: Le Parisien. 11.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bagnolet-expo-film-et-conference-sur-les-roms-en-europe-11-12-2016-6442761.php
– Hellemmes : le refus de scolariser des enfants roms est “illégal”, selon le Défenseur des droits. In: FR3 Nord Pas de Calais. 16.12.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nord-pas-de-calais/nord/lille-metropole/lille/hellemmes-refus-scolariser-enfants-roms-est-illegal-defenseur-droits-1157053.html
– Nettoyage du camp de Roms : des négociations sont en cours. In: Le Parisien. 14.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/nettoyage-du-camp-de-roms-des-negociations-sont-en-cours-14-12-2016-6452319.php
– Evacuation du camp de Roms. In: Le Parisien. 12.12.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-et-marne-77/evacuation-du-camp-de-roms-12-12-2016-6443475.php
– Squat au Chêne Vert à Angers : une mobilisation contre l’expulsion des familles Roms. In: Fr3 Pays de la Loire. 11.12.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/squat-au-chene-vert-angers-mobilisation-contre-expulsion-familles-roms-1153101.html
– Roms : cinq associations dénoncent les « gesticulations » de Stéphane Ravier (FN). In: Marsactu. 12.12.2016. https://marsactu.fr/bref/cinq-associations-denonce-gesticulations-de-stephane-ravier-fn-roms/
LES ROMS ? DES VOLEURS ? LA VÉRITÉ SUR UN CLICHÉ RACISTE. In: Lyon Bondy Blog. 11.12.2016. http://lyonbondyblog.fr/LBB/roms-voleurs-verite-cliche-raciste/ [link-preview url=”https://marsactu.fr/bref/cinq-associations-denonce-gesticulations-de-stephane-ravier-fn-roms/”]

Home Guard – A Hungarian Movie

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A long review on a new Hungarian movie “Home Guard” about right wing extremists taking over a small town in Hungary. The basic problem of the movie is its obvious racial overtones, especially against Rroma who are represented exclusively as thieves, liars, etc. All stereotypes usually associated to them by the general Hungarian public are present here.
Really BAD

– “Home Guards”: A Film About Modern-Day Hungary or an Ode to Neo-Nazis? In: Los Angeles Review of Books. 09.12.2016. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/home-guards-film-modern-day-hungary-ode-neo-nazis/#! [link-preview url=”https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/home-guards-film-modern-day-hungary-ode-neo-nazis/#!”]

Divines …

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The movie “Divines” reviewed by MTV!

– THE BRUTAL GIRL POWER OF DIVINES. In: MTV. 22.11.2016. http://www.mtv.com/news/2957251/divines-netflix-review/ [link-preview url=”http://www.mtv.com/news/2957251/divines-netflix-review/”]

French Chronicle …

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Interesting week in France: Instead of just camps and their removal, we have a series of themes – schools and prostitution which made the headlines. But first, the usual camp chronicle …
First a movie comparing the integration of Portuguese and Rroma in Ivry, near Paris; then the story of a pro-Rroma militant who was getting paid to expulse them (YES!!!); the dreation of a collective for helping Rroma in the North; the story of Rroma squatting a school and the story of Rroma finally finding a place to stay in the North; a fire in a camp in Marseilles; and the usual story about the Rroma from Montreuil who still have no abode.

– Ivry : un film compare l’intégration des immigrés Portugais et Roms. In: Le Parisien. 14.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/ivry-sur-seine-94200/ivry-un-film-compare-l-integration-des-immigres-portugais-et-roms-14-11-2016-6327099.php
– Ce militant pour le droit des Roms se faisait en fait payer pour aider à les expulser. In: L’Atlantico. 13.11.2016. http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/militant-pour-droit-roms-se-faisait-en-fait-payer-pour-aider-expulser-tour-france-corruption-jacques-duplessy-guillaume-morant-2876053.html#kkcCI8Gtpyx0XEQV.99
– Création d’un collectif de soutien aux Roms. In: La Voix du Nord. 17.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/75872/article/2016-11-17/creation-d-un-collectif-de-soutien-aux-roms
– L’aventure des Roms s’achève à l’école Sainte-Thérèse. In: La Voix du Nord. 15.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/74824/article/2016-11-15/l-aventure-des-roms-s-acheve-l-ecole-sainte-therese
– Un logement pour les Roms, mais de très longues années de démarches en coulisse. In: La Voix du Nord. 15.11.2016. http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/74814/article/2016-11-15/un-logement-pour-les-roms-mais-de-tres-longues-annees-de-demarches-en-coulisse
– Marseille : incendie dans un camps de roms quartier d’Arenc. In: FR3 Infos. 20.11.2016. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes/marseille-incendie-camps-roms-quartier-arenc-1135307.html
– Montreuil : les familles roms de nouveau expulsées. In: Le Parisien. 14.11.2016. http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/montreuil-les-familles-roms-de-nouveau-expulsees-14-11-2016-6328152.php
– Familles Roms à Montreuil: mise à l’abri jamais, harcèlement toujours? In: Mediapart. 17.11.2016. https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/171116/familles-roms-montreuil-mise-labri-jamais-harcelement-toujours [link-preview url=”https://blogs.mediapart.fr/juliette-keating/blog/171116/familles-roms-montreuil-mise-labri-jamais-harcelement-toujours”]

Slovakia: A Movie against Racism

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A study of the impact of a movie called Sidliskovy Dream Rhythms showed that it has quite a positive impact on reducing stereotypes and prejudices against Rroma. The movie was seen by nearly 100’000 people in Slovakia and roughly a third of that in the Czech Republic.

– Film o Rytmusovi scitlivil tínedžerov. Ovplyvnil ich názor na Rómov. In: HN Style. 16.11.2016. https://style.hnonline.sk/kultura/860599-film-o-rytmusovi-scitlivil-tinedzerov-ovplyvnil-ich-nazor-na-romov [link-preview url=”https://style.hnonline.sk/kultura/860599-film-o-rytmusovi-scitlivil-tinedzerov-ovplyvnil-ich-nazor-na-romov”]

A Movie on Rroma …

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A Movie on Rroma …

A polemic started in France because of a planned moive by a French humourist – Christian Clavier – called “Sivouplééé” – a play on the French “please” as pronounced by Romanian Rroma beggars. This movie shows a leftist intellectual who has to open his home to a family of Rroma. And of course, all stereotypes are present.

Toni Gatlif, the French Rroma movie maker simply finds this disgusting, and we share his point of view.

SHAME !!!

Young Rroma Boy brutally Beaten up in Bulgaria

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Young Rroma Boy brutally Beaten up in Bulgaria

A young Rrom was brutally beaten in Bulgaria (and the beating was filmed) for having said to the man he was his equal… If this is not racism!

The man has now been arrested. Let’s see what he is condemned to.

I am a Rromni

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I am a Rromni

Interesting … News in Romanian about a series of cultural events on European Roma art. The whole thing taking place in Vienna, Austria. There will be film screenings, exhibitions, concerts, theatrical performances which will show the public a picture of what it means to be Roma and specifically a Rromni. It also mentions – a first – invisible Rroma, i.e. integrated Rroma. There is progress J

Theatre Project with Rroma

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A new theatre project “Hass” – [Hate] about the life of Rroma and Sinti in Germany, loosely based on the plot or themses a Matthieu Kassovitz movie of the same name will be shown on March 16th in Cologne, Germany.

Aferim …

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Aferim …

Some good critiques of the Aferim movie. But alas, no nominations L

 

Another Movie …

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Another Movie …

A French Documentary movie entitled “Toto and his sisters” received the “grand prix” in the Anger Festival. It is unfortunate to say the least that it shows all stereotypes associated with Rroma without any analytical discourse: Rroma live in Ghettoes, deal with drugs, have lots of children (implied in this case), but without stating that this is not a Rroma thing, this is a poverty and social problem.

We are generally against those kind of documentaries, as they reinforce already strongly held stereotypes about us …

NOT GOOD!!!

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