“Roots Germania” A Personal Search for Identity (Film Screening and Panel Discussion)

Posted in Autobiography, Europe, Identity Development/Psychology, Live Events, Media Archive, United States, Videos, Women on 2011-08-06 22:58Z by Steven

“Roots Germania” A Personal Search for Identity (Film Screening and Panel Discussion)

The German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, 2011-08-18, 18:00-20:00 EDT (Local Time)

RSVP (acceptances only) by August 12, 2011
Telephone: 202-387-3355, FAX: 202-387-6437
E-Mail: events@ghi-dc.org

The Grimme award nominated documentary “Roots Germania” was directed by Mo Asumang, the daughter of a German and Ghanaian. She decided to search for her own roots and identity, after she received a death threat by the neo-Nazi band White Aryan Rebels, who sing in one song: “This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang.” Her search leads her through Germany and then to Ghana, where she speaks with family and friends, but she also engages with NPD party representatives and racist groups to ask questions many would not dare to ask.

In cooperation with the Black German Cultural Society, NJ (A New Jersey nonprofit organization) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

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Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots

Posted in Anthropology, Articles, Arts, Europe, Identity Development/Psychology, Live Events, New Media, United States, Women on 2010-02-07 20:08Z by Steven

Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots

Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
2010-01-24

Abby Liebenthal, Staff Reporter

“It all started with a public threat on my life.”

Within the first few minutes of Mo Asumang’s documentary “Roots Germania,” students, faculty and Bloomington residents became part of a search for the director’s identity…

…Asumang said the journey to find her identity was driven by a desire to understand where racism toward Afro-Germans originated.

“It’s like a job to search for identity,” Asumang said. “It starts when you’re born in Germany – it’s not so easy to be part of that country.”

The film was triggered by a song, written by a Neo-Nazi band the “White Aryan Rebels,” that calls for Asumang’s murder. Lyrics in the song include “This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang.”…

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