"I'm not racist, but ..." Short Films About Everyday Racism

"I'm not racist, but...": Phrases likes these try to establish a place for racism in everyday life. In cooperation with Amnesty International Jena, cellu l'art Short Film Festival has put together a film programme which offers diverse perspectives on this issue. Conflicts on the bus, at work, throughout the wide field of culture: These films probe society, detect everyday racism, and portray how to deal with it.
This film programme will be shown across seven Thuringian cities. The films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles. Admission is free, donations are welcome.
The short films of the "Alltagsrassismus protokolliert" series are viewable on the "Amnesty International Deutschland" website.
(Lichthaus Kino Weimar)
(Kino im Comma Gera)
(Café Hörsaal 7 Erfurt)
(Lindenau-Museum Altenburg)
(Helmholtz-Hörsaal Ilmenau)
(Flohburg Nordhausen)
(Kulturbahnhof Jena)

Alltagsrassismus protokolliert: Verdachtsfall Polizei, intervenieren gegen Racial Profiling

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Documentary Germany
direction: Amnesty International Deutschland

Politician Karamba Diyabi wants to achieve the ban of racial profiling. In this video, he talks about his own experiences.

Ausstieg rechts / Exit Right

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Fiction Austria
direction: Rupert Höller & Bernhard Wenger

Only one man takes a stand when another is attacked because of racism. A bus ride becomes a political ordeal. Look away or intervene?

Alltagsrassismus protokolliert: Der Kampf um Punkte und gegen Rassismus

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Documentary Germany
direction: Amnesty International Deutschland

Cem Efe has experienced racism and racist remarks repeatedly in his life as a football player and football manager. Despite this, he also sees football as a means to fight against racism.

Abseits / Offside

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Fiction Switzerland
direction: Cosima Frei

Dastan wants to play soccer. He wants to fit in, he wants to be like everybody else, but he stands out. Or much more, his veil wearing Muslim mother. When for the first time she, and not his father, visits his soccer game, she becomes the object of his friend's mockery.

Alltagsrassismus protokolliert: Als Referentin eingeladen, als Küchenhilfe empfangen

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Documentary Germany
direction: Amnesty International Deutschland

Expert of anti-discrimination Tupoka Ogette from Berlin talks about her experiences of everyday-racism.

RE:AW:RE:FW

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Documentary Germany
direction: Anna Carolina Arndt & Michaela Resch

Miriam sends an email to a complaints office. An email that tells a painful story. A story of everyday racism. A story that happens in Germany on a daily basis. Through Miriam's personal perspective, the film discusses her feeling of impuissance, her pain, her questions.

Ridicule / Weirdo

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Fiction France
direction: Audrey Najar & Frederic Perrot

Romain's got antlers and has always felt like an outsider because of them. But then, everything changes ...

Mitfahrer / Passenger

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Fiction Germany
direction: Andreas Kessler, Stephan Kämpf & Daniela Schramm Moura

Prejudices? Yes. No. Maybe. A simple situation turns into a political debate while the person concerned doesn’t understand a single word of the discussion.

A New Home

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Fiction Slovenia
direction: Ziga Virc

What is the biggest danger Europe faces: the crisis on its borders, or its own paranoia and fear? Our protagonist drives to work, she passes the refugee tent city in the park. She means them no harm; they mean her no harm. So why, when their paths intersect, do things go catastrophically wrong?

Alltagsrassismus protokolliert: Bloggen gegen den Asia-Fetisch

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Documentary Germany
direction: Amnesty International Deutschland

Nhi Le is a model, blogger and slam poet based in Leipzig. She has repeatedly been harassed by men who wanted to live out their fetish fantasies.

Afro

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Fiction Sweden
direction: Ninja Thyberg

For tonight's course in African dance they have invited two "real Africans" to play the drums in "traditional" clothing. This will be the beginning of a rancorous debate with unexpected twists. Insightful and very funny at the politically correct ports under fire from several quarters.