Dark Germany
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dark Germany - the front of the xenophobes |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 44 minutes |
| Rod | |
| production |
Rainer Baumert , Günter Thimm , Esin Demirci |
| camera |
Manfred Pelz , Stefan Thissen , René Dohme , Dany Hunger , Mario Skrlec , Evan Herrick |
| cut | Oliver Brand |
Dark Germany - the front of the xenophobes is a German documentary from the series "The Story in the First" by Jo Goll , Torsten Mandalka and Olaf Sundermeyer , which was produced in 2015 by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). It was first broadcast on October 12, 2015 on ARD .
content
The film shows four places where there were attacks on refugee accommodation in 2015 : Dortmund (North Rhine-Westphalia), Nauen (Brandenburg), Reichertshofen (Bavaria) and Meißen (Saxony). A central place in the film takes the Saxon town of Meissen in Dresden , off their surroundings Lutz Bachmann , the Pegida initiator comes. There is an escalation spiral, fueled by right-wing populists and right-wing extremists . In Meißen, where the “Homeland Security Initiative” was formed, supporters of both AfD and NPD take to the streets. In addition to representatives from civil society, the film includes a. Alexander Gauland (AfD), Sebastian Schmidtke (NPD), Mirko Schmidt (PRO Germany), Andreas Molau (dropout) and Hajo Funke (right-wing extremism researcher) can be seen.
The political scientist Funke analyzes: “The racist protest is developing into an extremism of the center . That means: neo-Nazis and supposedly concerned citizens unite in hatred of everything foreign ”.
reception
"An educational film about the new rights"
Others
In 2016 the film was nominated for the Grimme Prize in the “Information and Culture” category.
Web links
- Documentary "Dunkles Deutschland" in the ARD media library
- Dark Germany: “Rule of the Mobs” ( Memento from October 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (interview with Olaf Sundermeyer). NDR Kultur , October 12, 2015.
- Attacks on Refugees. "A rule of the mob" . (Conversation with Olaf Sundermeyer). DRadio Wissen , October 12, 2015.
- Olaf Sundermeyer : Association of Arsonists . In: Welt am Sonntag , October 11, 2015, issue 41, p. 2.
Individual evidence
- ^ Markus Ehrenberg: Report on xenophobia. Rule of the mob . tagesspiegel.de, October 12, 2015.
- ↑ Meißen in "Dunkles Deutschland" . sz-online.de, October 12, 2015.
- ↑ a b Michael Hanfeld : TV documentary "Dunkles Deutschland". The new right marches . faz.net, October 12, 2015.
- ↑ Peter Bandermann: Dortmund filmmaker shows the extremism in the middle . derwesten.de, October 12, 2015.
- ↑ Nominations 2016 Information and Culture ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . grimme-institut.de, accessed on March 20, 2016.
