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Czechia: Documentary

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The documentary Dajori [small mother in Romanes], which won the audience award at the Jihlava Film Festival, is now in theatres. The film is ostensibly a story about a Roma foster family, but it also reveals the housing crisis, the trade in poverty and racism rooted in society.

The foster mother, Dajori Marie Hučkova, in the movie says “Ravens are like Roma. There are many of them and they are roaring. People don’t mind, so shoot them. An animal can take care of its children, and my sister, the mother, cannot take care of her children.”

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A few articles on the action “a month for Roma”, with exhibitions and documentaries. Unfortunately always with the idea that Roma are “Travellers”… In Perpignan, in the South of France, there was a conference of Manouches, Gitans and Roma. Finally, items stolen from building sites were recovered ina Roma camp near Angers in the centre of France.

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Poland: Movie

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Poland: Movie

“Wrooklyn zoo” is a tribute to youth. A film with Wrocław as background is now in cinemas

Director Krzysztof Skonieczny himself comes from Lower Silesia and, like the main character of the film, as a teenager he roamed the streets of Wrocław on a skateboard.

It’s a modern version of Romeo and Juliet, except that Romeo is a skater, Juliet is a Romni and Verona is Wrocław.

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Berlin Ake Dikhea Festival

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Berlin Ake Dikhea Festival

The successful Slovak series Iveta was among the selected film productions at the well-known international Roma festival Ake Dikhea?, which takes place every year in Berlin. This festival, which has been appealing to a wide international community for several years with its uniqueness and cultural significance, focuses on the presentation of Roma films that reflect the diverse stories, lives and perspectives of Roma around the world.

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A reportage in a Roma camp near Marseilles in the South of France. These are not necessarily productive, as they reinforce many stereotypes which are not valid for all Roma. Near Paris, a camp was closed due to the Olympic games, and it seems from another reportage, that besides Roma, others are also displaced due to the Olympics. Finally, an interview with the mayor of a suburb from Nates about an integration camp there.

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Acclaimed Slovak director Martin Šulík made an uncompromising film about a young Roma boy born in a settlement in Eastern Slovakia.

The director said: “We wanted to make a film about our Roma because we realized that we don’t know anything about them. We know the Gypsy Kings, a one-hundred-member Roma orchestra from Budapest, but we have no idea of the conditions in which two hundred thousand Roma live in eastern Slovakia. Before we started writing the script, we travelled around Roma settlements and met interesting people who opened up to us and told us their stories. Our film was made up of their stories. We did not want to mythologize the Roma, look at them as folklore or romanticize them. We wanted to capture their life truthfully, because life in a Roma settlement is a reflection of our world. It’s just that everything is more emotional, more intense and more direct.”

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Not much this week in France about Roma: Basically several articles on the movie “Comme un fils” [like a son] from the French director Nicola Boukhrief featuring the actor Vincent Lindon in the role of a depressive teacher saved by a young rom.

Other news is the upcoming eviction of a camp in the South East of France.

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The French television channel TF1 showed the movide “A bras Ouvert”, a movie that came out in 2017 and immediately created a controversy as it displayed many racist clichés about Roma. Bad Idea, and bad movie.

Other news in France are more of the usual ones: A camp was closed near Fréjus in the south of France; another one in Angers in Western France; In Angers, they opened up a temporary insertion site; and finally a reportage in Western France on a site opened for Roma.

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Slovakia: Documentary

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Slovakia: Documentary

Director Peter Záchenský  made a documentary on the small village Bôrka, about 20 km from Rožňava (Slovakia). Similar to elsewhere – Slovaks, Hungarians, Roma together on a small piece of land, mostly out of work. He explores and portrays the situation from several angles.

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Serbia and Roma

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Serbia and Roma

Another article about Zlatomir Jovanović, a Rom who is a culturologist, writer, journalist and translator. He is the president of the “Association of Romani Writers”, and is especially dedicated to the preservation of the Romani language. According to him, all Roma songs talk about freedom. However, this is not about freedom of movement, but about freedom of spirit.

To be frank, this is not quite accurate…

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Infamia

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Infamia

An interview with Anna Maliszewska, the director and author of the series “Infamia”. She explains how difficult it was to give an objective portrait of Roma and how she did not manage to get any of them to come to the castings. She also spoke of Dr. Joanna Talewicz, who has been working for the Roma community for years and how she helped her in shaping the series.

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Infamia

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Infamia

Two more articles among a plethora of them n the new Polish Netflix series on Roma.

The series, while highlighting serious problems and challenges faced by Roma, also perpetuates many clichés. That is not so good.

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Another Comment on “Infamia”

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Another Comment on “Infamia”

The NEtflic series “Infamia” is not only about the Roma or Poles. It’s about someone we perceive as a “stranger”. Here in Europe, we have a built-in and fuelled fear of foreigners. I wanted to encourage viewers to, instead of being afraid, ask “others” out of our common social life, take a closer look at them, see people in them, says Anna Maliszewska, the director of the series.

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Zdeněk Godla

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Zdeněk Godla

The Czech Roma actor Zdeněk Godla has announced he will quit acting. He got into acting by accident: He worked as a public works worker in Chomutov, where the audition was taking place. He participated, won, and since then has been an actor who often appears in films and series. His most famous works include, for example, the character František from the series Most.

Apparently, he is also in financial trouble, something that may have to do with his current decision.

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