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Slovakia: Documentary on Rroma Holocaust

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Robert Kirchhoff was born in 1968 in Nitra and studied documentary production and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and cameraman, and has had a number of films that have won awards at domestic and foreign festivals. Amongst others, he made documentaries Hey, Slovaks !, Ghost in the Machine, The Case Cervanová, etc. and was a producer and co-producer of films like Blind Loves Disease of the Third Power, in Ash.
From 2003 to 2016, he has been preparing a documentary on the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti called A “Hole in the Head”, which will have its premier in March 2017. He has interviewed many survivors of the Holocaust and recorded their fate.

– Vyhľadal Rómov a Sintov, ktorí prežili holokaust, a natočil skutočné diery v hlave. Etno safari odmietol. In: Dennik. 01.03.2017. https://dennikn.sk/681418/vyhladal-romov-a-sintov-ktori-prezili-holokaust-a-natocil-skutocne-diery-v-hlave-etno-safari-odmietol/ [link-preview url=”https://dennikn.sk/681418/vyhladal-romov-a-sintov-ktori-prezili-holokaust-a-natocil-skutocne-diery-v-hlave-etno-safari-odmietol/”]

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Django, the Movie

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A good critique and review of the movie on Django Reinhardt.

– A film about the legendary guitarist: Django. In: The World Socialist Web Page. 04.03.2017. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/04/ber2-m04.html [link-preview url=”https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/04/ber2-m04.html”]

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Divines

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The director of the French Movie “Divines” showcasing two girls from the Ghetto – one of them a Rromni, received the César for the best first movie. The Césars are the French equivalent of the Oscars.

– “Divines”, César du meilleur premier film. In: Le Parisien. 24.02.2017. http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/divines-cesar-du-meilleur-premier-film-25-02-2017-6710067.php [link-preview url=”http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/divines-cesar-du-meilleur-premier-film-25-02-2017-6710067.php”]

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WHAT???

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Italian Lidl employees locked two Rromnja in a container and taunted them. The video is more than disturbing.
Police is said to investigate.

– Lidl employees taunt two gypsy women they trap in recycling containers ‘like wild animals’ in ‘disgraceful’ footage. In: The Mirror. 25.02.2017. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lidl-employees-taunt-two-gypsy-9914605
– HAVE A LIDL RESPECT. Cruel Lidl employees film themselves locking screaming Roma gypsies in caged supermarket bins. In: The Sun. 24.02.2017. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2948341/cruel-lidl-employees-film-themselves-locking-screaming-roma-gypsies-in-caged-supermarket-bins/
– Police investigate shocking video of Italian Lidl employees tormenting two Roma gypsies they trapped in a recycling container ‘like wild animals’ . In: The Mail Online. 24.02.2017. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4257462/Italian-Lidl-employees-seen-tormenting-two-Roma-gypsies.html#ixzz4ZmAXAlp6 [link-preview url=”https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2948341/cruel-lidl-employees-film-themselves-locking-screaming-roma-gypsies-in-caged-supermarket-bins/ “]

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Papuša

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The movie Papusha about the Polish Rromni Papuša (Bronisława Wajs) made it down under in New Zealand. Whether the movie provides an insight in the life of Rroma remains to be seen.

– Insights into the Roma way of life. In: Wellington Weekly News. 18.02.2017. http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105159&headline=Insights%20into%20the%20Roma%20way%20of%20life&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017 [link-preview url=”http://www.wellington-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=105159&headline=Insights%20into%20the%20Roma%20way%20of%20life&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2017″]

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Germany and Berlin Festival

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The Central Council of Sinti and Roma in Germany issued a statement about the Berlin Festival and the movie on Django Reinhardt’s life.
They greeted the release of this movie and the fact that it was shown at the opening of the festival, stating that the festival gave a strong signal that the situation of minorities always reflects the situation of the society at large.

Zentralrat Deutscher Sinti und Roma würdigt den Berlinale Eröffnungsfilm ‚Django‘. In: Scharf Links. 13.02.2017. http://www.scharf-links.de/45.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=59445&cHash=21442e4d7e [link-preview url=”http://www.scharf-links.de/45.0.html?&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=59445&cHash=21442e4d7e”]

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Opening of the Movie Django

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The movie on Django Reinhard’s life opened at the Berlin Film festival, with some mixed critiques. During the opening, Rroma and the Holocaust were prominently cited, and comparisons with current times were made.

– Berlin Film Review: ‘Django’ In: Variety. 09.02.2017. http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/
– Political resistance on Berlinale red carpet. In: DW. 09.02.2017. http://www.dw.com/en/political-resistance-on-berlinale-red-carpet/a-37487190 [link-preview url=”http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/django-review-berlin-film-festival-1201980971/ “]

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Christian Clavier’s Latest Movie

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The French comic Christian Clavier’s latest movie “A bras ouvert” [with open arms] tells the story of a Frenchman who lodges a family of Rroma… Needless to say, all clichés are there.
BAD!

– Bande-annonce : Christian Clavier accueille les Roms “A bras ouverts” In: OZAP. 03.02.107. http://www.ozap.com/actu/bande-annonce-christian-clavier-accueille-les-roms-a-bras-ouverts/518629
– A bras ouverts : Christian Clavier accueille des Roms chez lui [Bande-annonce]. In: L’Internaute. 31.01.2017. http://www.linternaute.com/cinema/film/1360745-a-bras-ouverts-christian-clavier-accueille-des-roms-chez-lui-bande-annonce/ [link-preview url=”http://www.ozap.com/actu/bande-annonce-christian-clavier-accueille-les-roms-a-bras-ouverts/518629 “]

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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/”]

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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”]

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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 “]

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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”]

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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″]

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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/”]

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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/#!”]

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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/”]

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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”]

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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”]

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