april 2018
Director Fatih Akin’s take on a series of murders committed by German white supremacists deals with a nation at a crossroads
What the film inadvertently raises are questions about Germany’s growing discomfort with an ethnically diverse national identity that has been evolving since the 1960s.
What the film inadvertently raises are questions about Germany’s growing discomfort with an ethnically diverse national identity that has been evolving since the 1960s.
october 2017
Structuring Street Dance
A group of New York City subway dancers joins forces with Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula.
A group of New York City subway dancers joins forces with Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula.
october 2017
Requiem for a Dream
The Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula delves into his country’s conflicted cultural memories in “In Search of Dinozord.”
The Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula delves into his country’s conflicted cultural memories in “In Search of Dinozord.”
october 2017
Confronting Past, Present, and Future
#PUNK, Nora Chipaumire’s visceral, kinetic, ultimately exultant piece, assaults preconceived notions of gender, race, sexuality, and religion with all the subtlety of an uppercut to the jaw.
#PUNK, Nora Chipaumire’s visceral, kinetic, ultimately exultant piece, assaults preconceived notions of gender, race, sexuality, and religion with all the subtlety of an uppercut to the jaw.
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