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VISUAL IMPRESSIONS

 

Anniversary 2015
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre 35 years
Black International Cinema Berlin 30th edition
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin 20 years
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition 15 years
Cultural Zephyr e.V. 25 years

 

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A Man for all Seasons – Past-Present-Future
In Celebration of Dr. King's Berlin visit in 1964
An Anniversary to be Appreciated

 

"FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND?" Exhibition
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

"Pathways to Enlightenment"

Visual Documentation - Photographic Exhibition

Producer/Director/Curator
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith / Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

July 1 - August 31, 2014

Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) foyer
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin-Schöneberg

Admission is without charge.

 

The exhibition documents the history of
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

&

Sandra Becker, Berlin
Karen D. Brame El-Amin, USA
Martin Christoph, Berlin
Ilka Forst, Berlin
Susanne Gerber, Berlin
Amir Kaufmann, Berlin/Israel
Judith Lenhardt, Berlin
Andrea Lippold, Berlin
Hartmut Radowsky, Berlin
Ricky Reiser, Berlin
Pia Sommer, Bayreuth
Ulli Steltzer, Canada
Thomas M. Wendt, Berlin
Ursula Wunder, Berlin

Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre was founded by Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Prof. Gayle McKinney Griffith, Lynnda Curry, Ricky Powell and Detlef Bäcker, four American artists and a German colleague, who met in Berlin during 1979 at Theater des Westens and decided to undertake intercultural, interdisciplinary and international productions in dance, theatre, television, workshops, film/video festivals and publications.
This exhibition paints a picture of the activities of various people during their historical contributions to Berlin, elsewhere and hence, the portrait seeks to prevent these undertakings from becoming "Footprints in the Sand?".

VERNISSAGE

July 1, 2014
6.30 p.m.

Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall) foyer
John-F.-Kennedy Platz 1, 10825 Berlin/Germany

Introduction:

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith,
Co-Founder/Producer/Publisher/Director/Curator/Moderator
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre / Black International Cinema Berlin / THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin / "Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition /
Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Ann Wertheimer, Chair Person of American Voices Abroad Berlin

Yvette Robertson, Director, The English Workshop

Daniel Brunet, Producing Artistic Director, English Theatre Berlin

"A Theatre Journey with Ricky Reiser and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
Written by Ricky Reiser, Author/Historian
Translation German-English: Angela Kramer, Marion Kramer
Editing: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Actors: Ricky Reiser, Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Direction: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith and Ricky Reiser
"A Theatre Journey with Ricky Reiser and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
Originally presented at the production of
THE COLLEGIUM – Forum & Television Program Berlin, June 15, 2014
Producer & Director: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre

8.00 p.m.
Rathaus Schöneberg, Kinosaal/Cinema

Cinema Presentation

A DAY IN THE LIFE...? AND A CHILD WILL LEAD THE WAY...
An Anniversary to be Appreciated
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A Man for all Seasons / Past – Present – Future
In Celebration of Dr. King's Berlin visit - 1964

Director/Choreographer: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Documentary, Color, 180 min.
Germany 2014
English, German, Hebrew, Arabic

A cinema presentation documenting transnational, intercultural and diplomatic responses influenced by the activities and philosophy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Featuring opening ceremony speakers: XXIX. 2014 Black International Cinema Berlin, May 7-11, presented at the Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany, accompanied by a theatre journey in English, Hebrew, Arabic and German with presenters Amir Kaufmann, Mahgoub Mohamed Eltayeb, Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Marion Kramer and including the "I Have a Dream" speech, presented by Khadija Tarjan McKinney Griffith.
Also including the S.O.M.E. families organization from the John-F.-Kennedy-Schule Berlin/Germany with a young people presentation entitled "Remembering Martin" as well as dance compositions by Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre and photographic documentation.
The dream lives on and the task remains to be fulfilled...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
Opening Ceremony, XXIX. 2014 Black International Cinema Berlin
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall), Berlin/Germany
Photograph: Amir Kaufmann

 

XXIX. 2014 Black International Cinema Berlin
Opening Ceremony, May 7, 2014, Rathaus Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Theodor-Heuss-Saal

Opening Ceremony Speakers:

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Berlin/USA
Co-Founder/Producer/Publisher/Director/Curator/Moderator
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre / Black International Cinema Berlin / THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin / "Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition /
Cultural Zephyr e.V.

Katharina Göllner-Sweet, Berlin/USA
Cultural Attaché, Public Affairs, Embassy of the United States of America, Berlin

Gabriele Gün Tank, Berlin/Turkey
Commissioner for Integration, District Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin

Mike Russell, Berlin/USA
Composer/Musician

Andrea Siemsen, Berlin
Cultural Ambassador

Christian M. Jolibois, Berlin/Haiti
Cultural Ambassador

Sandra Becker, Berlin
Media Producer/Video Artist
Medienwerkstatt Berlin

MFA Kera, Berlin/Madagascar
Composer/Musician

Bernhard P. Beutler, Berlin
Filmmaker

Ann Wertheimer, Berlin/USA
Chair of American Voices Abroad Berlin

Joaquín la Habana, Berlin/Cuba
Singer/Dancer/Entertainer

"A Light from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Amazing Grace"
Presenters
Thomas M. Wendt, Berlin
Angela Kramer, Berlin
Marion Kramer, Berlin

 

Codey Young, Poet
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin, August 17, 2014

 

The Ballad of Michael Brown

When scorching hot suns
bake Black flesh of our sons
on asphalt pavement...

When jack-booted thugs
called local police
play toy soldiers
with peaceful protesters...

When white governors
tuck us in for curfew
and Black presidents say
Hush, now, chile...

We are angry.
We are sick and tired.
We are impatient.

And our wearied footsteps
march on in ancestral shoes
until that day
Justice arrives.

Codey Young, August 2014

Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
co-founder/producer/director/publisher/curator/moderator
Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre/Black International Cinema Berlin/
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin/
"Footprints in the Sand" Exhibition/Cultural Zephyr e.V.
and Codey Young, Poet
THE COLLEGIUM - Forum & Television Program Berlin, August 17, 2014

 

"...Art and culture can build bridges, cross borders and pull away from stereotypical categorized thinking. Therefore, initiatives such as Black International Cinema Berlin are important for the capital of Germany.
I extend my congratulations to the organizers of Black International Cinema Berlin, a cultural highlight which is unique Germany-wide..."

Gabriele Gün Tank
Commissioner for Integration of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany

 

MOTTOES "I may not make it if I try, but I damn sure won´t if I don´t..." Oscar Brown Jr. "Mankind will either find a way or make one." C.P. Snow "Whatever you do..., be cool!" Joseph Louis Turner "Yes, I can...!" Sammy Davis Jr. "Yes, We can...!" Barack Obama

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