The movie “A Ciambra” has been officially named the Italian Oscar contender.
– A Ciambra named Italy’s Oscar candidate. In: Ansa. 26.09.2017. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/09/26/a-ciambra-named-italys-oscar-candidate_94efab7b-1efe-41cd-ac2e-c675e1959664.html [link-preview url=”http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2017/09/26/a-ciambra-named-italys-oscar-candidate_94efab7b-1efe-41cd-ac2e-c675e1959664.html”]
Another movie on Roma: Valentian and a critique of it from Romblog.
– http://www.romblog.at/2017/09/19/filmkritik-valentina-von-laura-moldovan/ [link-preview url=”http://www.romblog.at/2017/09/19/filmkritik-valentina-von-laura-moldovan/”]
The second movie from Jonas Carpignano has Martin Scorcese and tells the story of a adolescent Rom in Calabria who befriends a refugee from Burkina. All actors are amateurs.
– En salles. “A Ciambra”, le portrait survolté d’une communauté de Roms en Calabre. In: Le Courrier International. 19.09.2017. http://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/en-salles-ciambra-le-portrait-survolte-dune-communaute-de-roms-en-calabre
– Cinéma : « A Ciambra » plonge dans un camp rom. In: Le Parisien. 20.09.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/critiques/cinema-a-ciambra-plonge-dans-un-camp-rom-20-09-2017-7272987.php
– A Ciambra – la critique. In: Paris Match. 20.09.2017. http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Cinema/A-Ciambra-la-critique-1351649
– Jonas Carpignano : “Tout ce qui est dans ‘A Ciambra’ a été vu, vécu ou fait avant”. In: Télérama. 23.09.2017. http://www.telerama.fr/cinema/jonas-carpignano-tout-ce-qui-est-dans-a-ciambra-a-ete-vu,-vecu-ou-fait-avant,n5220901.php [link-preview url=”http://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/en-salles-ciambra-le-portrait-survolte-dune-communaute-de-roms-en-calabre “]
Not your average movie. It is a gay one, with rather middle aged protagonists, one of which is a Rom.
– Toronto Film Review: ‘Soldiers. Story From Ferentari’. In: Variety. 22.09.2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/soldiers-story-from-ferentari-review-1202563207/ [link-preview url=”http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/soldiers-story-from-ferentari-review-1202563207/”]
Seems that Roma are the last minority that can be portrayed in outrageous ways in the movies …
– Outrageous portrayals of Gypsy culture are cinema’s last acceptable bigotry. In: The Guardian. 15.09.2017. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/15/romany-gypsy-traveller-portrayal-in-film-benedict-cumberbatch [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/sep/15/romany-gypsy-traveller-portrayal-in-film-benedict-cumberbatch”]
The trial of the Romanian Roma (and a few others) who picked the pockets of tourists in the Disneyland near Paris (and apparently made 1 Mio EUR) is in full swing. According to the journalist, it is worthy of a Kusturica movie.
The article is good with one exception – the use of “clan” in this context. One family is definitively not a clan – and this term is abused in the European Press in the context of Roma.
– Tension au procès des pickpockets roumains. In: Le Monde. 31.08.2017. http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/08/30/tension-au-proces-des-pickpockets-roumains_5178415_3224.html [link-preview url=”http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2017/08/30/tension-au-proces-des-pickpockets-roumains_5178415_3224.html”]
The Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany pointed its members on the Arte Movie on Roma and antiziganismus that was shown yesterday.
– Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma weist auf sehenswerten ARTE Dokumentarfilm zum Thema Antiziganismus in Europa hin. In: Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma. 18.07.2017. http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-weist-auf-sehenswerten-arte-dokumentarfilm-zum-thema-antiziganismus-in-europa-hin/ [link-preview url=”http://zentralrat.sintiundroma.de/zentralrat-deutscher-sinti-und-roma-weist-auf-sehenswerten-arte-dokumentarfilm-zum-thema-antiziganismus-in-europa-hin/”]
An Arte Movie on Roma in the Czech Republic. Not new but definitively still actual.
– Les Roms, des citoyens comme les autres ? In: Arte. 2015. http://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/062282-000-A/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres [link-preview url=”http://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/062282-000-A/les-roms-des-citoyens-comme-les-autres”]
Roma are insisting on a proper investigation of the police intervention 4 years ago in Moldavia nad Bodvou, where the police stood accused of torture and mistreatment but was finally recently exonerated.
There is a movie made by the police of what they did … They should be condemned for it.
– Zástupcovia Rómov z Moldavy stále trvajú na riadnom vyšetrení zásahu polície spred štyroch rokov. In: Spravy Pravda. 17.06.2017. https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/432878-zastupcovia-romov-z-moldavy-stale-trvaju-na-riadnom-vysetreni-zasahu-policie-spred-styroch-rokov/ [link-preview url=”https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/432878-zastupcovia-romov-z-moldavy-stale-trvaju-na-riadnom-vysetreni-zasahu-policie-spred-styroch-rokov/”]
The municipal police in Belgrade has been caught forbidding Rroma children to play in a municipal park – they were filmed and the video was posted online.
SHAME!
– Police blasted for not letting Roma children play in park. In: B92. 19.05.2017. http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=19&nav_id=101323 [link-preview url=”http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=19&nav_id=101323″]
The German rapper Sido – of Sinti origins – will star in a movie about Rroma and Sinti in Germany. Let’s see – but good luck!
– HAUPTROLLE IN ROMA-FILM: SIDO WIRD SCHAUSPIELER. In: Tag24. 24.04.2017. https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/hauptrolle-in-roma-film-sido-wird-schauspieler-241627 [link-preview url=”https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/hauptrolle-in-roma-film-sido-wird-schauspieler-241627″]
A long article about the movie “A Hole in the Head” about the Rroma Holocaust, as well as an interview of Raymond Gurene a French manouche who is 100 years old and who managed to escape the Holocaust.
It is interesting to see that this documentary has prompted many articles in the Slovak press.
– Hrôzy rómskeho holokaustu: Pri vraždení ich ani nepočítali, boli menej ako zvieratá. In: Aktualne. 16.04.2017. https://aktualne.atlas.sk/kultura/film-televizia/pri-vrazdeni-ich-ani-nepocitali-boli-menej-ako-zvierata-hovori-romskom-holokauste-autor-noveho-filmu.html [link-preview url=”https://aktualne.atlas.sk/kultura/film-televizia/pri-vrazdeni-ich-ani-nepocitali-boli-menej-ako-zvierata-hovori-romskom-holokauste-autor-noveho-filmu.html”]
While most news this last week were devoted to the reaction on the movie ‘A bras Ouverts”, there are nevertheless quite a few news on camps and evictions, unfortunately.
Camps closures in Grigny, in the Essonne, in Lagny sur Marne and in Champlan, near Paris; in Dijon, volunteers constructed house for Rroma (GOOD!); in Bordeaux, several squats will be destroyed this summer; for in Marseilles, association protested the upcoming destruction of a camp; and in Antibes, in the South, a camp was closed with the help of the police.
– Grigny : les derniers habitants du bidonville de l’A6 ont plié baggage. In: Le Parisien. 04.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/grigny-les-derniers-habitants-du-bidonville-de-l-a6-ont-plie-bagage-04-04-2017-6824157.php
– Les démantèlements de camps de Roms reprennent. In: Essonne Info. 04.04.2017. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/105977/demantelements-de-camps-de-roms-reprennent/
– Lagny-sur-Marne: Une dizaine de Roms dormira une nuit dans un gymnase. In: La Marne. 04.04.2017. http://www.journallamarne.fr/2017/04/04/une-dizaine-de-roms-dormira-une-nuit-dans-un-gymnase/
– Huit familles de Roms expulsées à Champlan. In: Essone Info. 06.04.2017. https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/106124/huit-familles-de-roms-expulsees-a-champlan/
– Dijon : les habitants construisent des maisonnettes aux Roms. In: France Bleu. 08.04.2018. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/dijon-les-habitants-construisent-des-maisonnettes-aux-roms-1491399276
– Squats de Roms dans la métropole de Bordeaux : l’urgence d’une vraie solution. In: Sud Ouest. 10.04.2017. http://www.sudouest.fr/2017/04/10/roms-l-urgence-d-une-vraie-solution-3353268-2780.php
– Marseille: Les associations pour la défense des roms poussent un coup de gueule. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 10.04.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/marseille/2047351-20170410-marseille-associations-defense-roms-poussent-coup-gueule
– Les associations de défense des Roms à bout de nerfs. In: Marsactu. 11.04.2017. https://marsactu.fr/les-associations-de-defense-des-roms/
– Antibes: Près de 100 Roms évacués d’un squat avec l’intervention des CRS. In: 20 Minutes (FR). 05.04.2017. http://www.20minutes.fr/nice/2044487-20170405-antibes-pres-cent-roms-evacues-squat-intervention-crs
– Les Roms qui squattaient le parking Bouygues à Antibes ont été délogés. In: Nice Matin. 06.04.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-qui-squattaient-le-parking-bouygues-a-antibes-ont-ete-deloges-127452 [link-preview url=”https://www.essonneinfo.fr/91-essonne-info/105977/demantelements-de-camps-de-roms-reprennent/ “]
The moive “A bras ouverts” – with open arms – is rightly seen in France as being racist. Many articles on this topic, and on the stereotypes.
So while it is bad that such a movie was made, it is definitively good that it prompts quite a bit of discussion, and good discussion.
– “A bras ouverts”, la comédie qui présente les Roms “comme des sauvages”. In: L’OBS. 06.04.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170406.OBS7651/a-bras-ouverts-la-comedie-qui-presente-les-roms-comme-des-sauvages.html
– “A bras ouverts” vu par une Rom : “On n’est pas des sauvages, on est juste des étrangers”. In: L’OBS. 06.04.2017. http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170406.OBS7679/a-bras-ouverts-on-n-est-pas-des-sauvages-on-est-juste-des-etrangers.html
– En colère, des associations de défense des Roms dénoncent le film “A bras ouverts” et évoquent une “humiliation”. In: Jeanmarcmorandini.com. 06.04.2017. http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-366807-en-colere-des-associations-de-defense-des-roms-denoncent-le-film-a-bras-ouverts-et-evoquent-une-humiliation.html
– «A bras ouverts», la comédie sur les Roms qui donne la nausée. In: RFI. 06.04.2017. http://www.rfi.fr/culture/20170406-bras-ouverts-bande-annonce-comedie-roms-donne-nausee-Philippe-chauveron
– «A bras ouverts» : la comédie sur les Roms ne fait pas rire Marnes-la-Coquette. In: Le Parisien. 06.04.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/marnes-la-coquette-92430/marnes-la-coquette-n-accueille-pas-le-film-a-bras-ouverts-06-04-2017-6831870.php
– “RACISTE” ET “DANGEREUX” : LES CRITIQUES ÉTRILLENT “A BRAS OUVERTS”, LA COMÉDIE SUR LES ROMS DE CHRISTIAN CLAVIER. In: LCI. 07.04.2017. http://www.lci.fr/cinema/raciste-et-dangereux-les-rares-critiques-qui-ont-vu-a-bras-ouverts-etrillent-la-comedie-de-christian-clavier-sur-les-roms-2043815.html
– A bras ouverts, un film raciste? “Les Roms c’est facile, il ne va pas y avoir de réactions trop violentes”. In: BFM TV. 06.04.2017. http://rmc.bfmtv.com/emission/a-bras-ouverts-un-film-raciste-les-roms-c-est-facile-il-ne-va-pas-y-avoir-de-reactions-trop-violentes-1137025.html [link-preview url=”http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/societe/20170406.OBS7651/a-bras-ouverts-la-comedie-qui-presente-les-roms-comme-des-sauvages.html “]
Apart from the controversy following an interview of the actors of Clavier’s film, not htat many news in France on the Rroma.
First, an article on the impact of the expulsions on school attendance by Rroma children. Clearly, these expulsions do nothing for integration. Then, near Paris, protests by Rroma in Ivry, following their expulsion and the lack of alternative lodgings; the story of the “insertion village” in St. Genis les Ollières near Lyon; some questions on travellers’ sites in the North of France; near Nantes, 120 expulsed Rroma moved to another site; a protest in Fontaine, near Grenoble (where one FN politician suggested one should take the Rroma’s golden teeth); Rroma asking for a reprive in Nice until Easter; and finally, an association defending Rroma in Toulouse.
– La reprise des expulsions menace la scolarisation des enfants roms. In: FR3 Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html
– Roms d’Ivry : les oubliés du bidonville Truillot attendent toujours un lodgement. In: Le Parisien. 29.03.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/creteil-94000/roms-d-ivry-les-oublies-du-bidonville-truillot-attendent-toujours-un-logement-29-03-2017-6807570.php
– St-Genis-les-Ollières : la vie du village d’insertion. In: FR3 Auvergne Rhône Alpes. 30.03.2017. http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/st-genis-ollieres-vie-du-village-insertion-1224473.html
– Comment sont gérées les aires d’accueil pour les gens du voyage ? In: Nord Éclair. 31.03.2017. http://www.nordeclair.fr/48649/article/2017-03-31/comment-sont-gerees-les-aires-d-accueil-pour-les-gens-du-voyage
– Nantes Le campement Rom d’Indre a rejoint Bouguenais. In: Presse Océan. 29.03.2017. http://www.presseocean.fr/actualite/nantes-le-campement-roms-dindre-a-rejoint-bouguenais-29-03-2017-223896
– Près de Nantes, 120 Roms expulsés d’Indre s’installent à Bouguenais. In: Ouest France. 28.03.2017. http://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/pres-de-nantes-120-roms-expulses-d-indre-s-installent-bouguenais-4888105
– CONSEIL MUNICIPAL TENDU À FONTAINE SUITE AUX PROPOS ANTI-ROMS TENUS PAR UN ÉLU FN. Place Gre’Net. 28.03.2017. http://www.placegrenet.fr/2017/03/28/conseil-municipal-tendu-a-fontaine-suite-aux-propos-anti-roms-tenus-elu-fn/129867
– Les Roms demandent un sursis jusqu’à Pâques. In: Nice Matin. 01.04.2017. http://www.nicematin.com/vie-locale/les-roms-demandent-un-sursis-jusqu-a-paques-126318
– François Piquemal (DAL) : «Toulouse doit rester à ses habitants » In: La Dépèche. 02.04.2017. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/03/31/2547605-francois-piquemal-dal-toulouse-doit-rester-a-ses-habitants.html [link-preview url=”http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/reprise-expulsions-menace-scolarisation-enfants-roms-1224869.html “]
The Trailer of the movie on the Rroma Holocaust “With a Hole my Head” is out.
– https://youtu.be/qp5ohTtidQs [link-preview url=”https://youtu.be/qp5ohTtidQs”]
Controversy in France … During an interview round on the new Clavier Film “A Bras Ouverts” [with open arms] about a French bourgeois lodging a Rroma family, Patrick Cohen found it suitable to say: « Ils envahissent aussi les salles de cinéma ? Pardon… ». [now they are also invading movie theatres]
No comments, apart from the fact that the movie is so full of clichés that it is a shame. No one would have dared to do it on another minority.
– C à vous : Patrick Cohen fait une blague très douteuse sur les Roms (VIDEO). In: Télé 2 Semaines. 30.03.20-17. http://www.programme.tv/news/actu/177288-c-a-vous-patrick-cohen-fait-une-blague-tres-douteuse-sur-les-roms-video/
– “C à Vous” : Patrick Cohen provoque un grand malaise avec une blague sur les Roms (Vidéo). In: Closer. 30.03.2017. http://www.closermag.fr/video/c-a-vous-patrick-cohen-provoque-un-grand-malaise-avec-une-blague-sur-les-roms-video-711935
– “C à vous” : Patrick Cohen provoque un malaise avec une blague sur les Roms. In: Paris Match. 30.03.2017. http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Medias/C-a-vous-Patrick-Cohen-provoque-un-malaise-avec-une-blague-sur-les-Roms-1222640
– C à vous : La blague gênante de Patrick Cohen sur les Roms, malaise en plateau (vidéo). In: Yahoo. 30.03.2017. https://fr.news.yahoo.com/c-à-vous-la-blague-194359984.html
– #CAVous : Malaise après une blague de Patrick Cohen sur les Roms. In: Potins. 30.03.2017. http://www.potins.net/television/cavous-malaise-apres-blague-de-patrick-cohen-roms-208153.html [link-preview url=”https://fr.news.yahoo.com/c-à-vous-la-blague-194359984.html “]
A documentary exposes the racism faced by Rroma in Hungary. The movie “Judgement in Hungary” opens this week in the US and reports on the trial of rightist extremists who killed 6 Rroma in Hungary in racially motivated attacks.
They were finally condemned after several appeals.
– Documentary exposes racism against Hungarian Roma. In: Jewish Light. 22.03.2017. http://www.stljewishlight.com/features/article_8ffb58e6-0f15-11e7-9e12-67cf14c9daa9.html [link-preview url=”http://www.stljewishlight.com/features/article_8ffb58e6-0f15-11e7-9e12-67cf14c9daa9.html”]
Decidely, the press in Slovakia is full of news on the documentary by Kirchhoff on the Rroma holocaust. Not bad, especially since the country has not readily acknowledged its deeds.
– Kirchhoffov film otvára zabudnutú tému rómskeho holokaustu. In: Webmagazin. 12.03.2017. http://webmagazin.teraz.sk/hudba-a-film/kirchhoff-diera-v-hlave-holokaust-romsky/7431-clanok.html [link-preview url=”http://webmagazin.teraz.sk/hudba-a-film/kirchhoff-diera-v-hlave-holokaust-romsky/7431-clanok.html”]
Warner Bros’ pla to film “Nightwing” has a few people in arms… They fear that the Roma heritage of the superhero will be diluted in a Warner Bros film. Interesting that one Rrom made it in the comic stars!
Why A ‘Nightwing’ Movie Could Be Vital For Roma Representation. In: Comics Alliance. 09.03.2017. http://comicsalliance.com/nightwing-roma-representation/ [link-preview url=”http://comicsalliance.com/nightwing-roma-representation/”]
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