Either Broder
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Either Broder - The Germany Safari / Either Broder - The European Safari |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Year (s) | 2010–2012 |
| Production company |
Preview Production GbR Hessischer Rundfunk Bayerischer Rundfunk Saarländischer Rundfunk |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 14 in 3 seasons |
| Broadcasting cycle |
weekly (monday) |
| genre | satire |
| Theme music | Mahala Rai Banda - Mahalageasca |
| First broadcast | November 7, 2010 at 11:30 p.m. on Das Erste |
Either Broder is a German political satirical program by producer and director Joachim Schroeder with Hamed Abdel-Samad and Henryk M. Broder . The “research trip” of the two protagonists sheds light on topics such as racism , anti-Semitism , anti-Americanism , Islamophobia , integration , religion , ecologism and conspiracy theory in Germany. The first two seasons ran under the title Entweder Broder - Die Deutschland-Safari , the third under Entweder Broder - Die Europa-Safari .
The first season was broadcast in five episodes between November 7 and December 12, 2010 in the first program of ARD on Sundays at 11.30 p.m. The second season, also with five episodes, started on September 12, 2011 on ARD. The film was shot in Aachen, Chemnitz, Hamm, Kassel, Cologne, Mannheim, Marl, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Wuppertal and Würzburg. The third season was broadcast in four episodes between November 18 and December 9, 2012 on ARD.
On November 9, 2017, Broder and Abdel-Samad could be seen together again, this time in a team of three with the writer and filmmaker Leon de Winter , in the 90-minute documentary " The Eternal Antisemite " on Bavarian television .
Concept of broadcast
The Polish- born Jew Broder and the Egyptian- born Muslim Abdel-Samad drive 30,000 km across Germany and visit various thematically appropriate locations such as the Dachau concentration camp and one of the largest mosques in Germany, the Merkez Mosque in Duisburg-Marxloh .
The focus of the programs was on the discussions during the car trips between the two protagonists and the everyday encounters with people with and without a migration background . Meetings were also specifically organized, such as with Kurt Westergaard , the illustrator of one of the controversial Mohammed cartoons , who has been hidden and under police protection since it was published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in 2005.
The aim was to produce a “mix” of “investigative journalism, black comedy and amusing interludes in which Henryk and Hamed argue about Germany and life in general”.
season 1
From Adolf to Allah
The first episode visits a Turkish baker in Munich, an NPD event in Berlin-Neukölln, the Dachau concentration camp including the canteen, former GDR scientists and employees of various GDR authorities in the business premises of the Society for Legal and Humanitarian Support . In the context of the NPD event, they talk to the officials Andreas Storr and Uwe Meenen . The episode ends with Abdel-Samad and Broder (the latter disguised with a cardboard stele ) having a dispute in front of the memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe about whether or not Broder should attend the “Citizens' Festival Five Years of the Holocaust Memorial” in his elevator.
From Allah to Osama
The second episode starts where the first one left off. Finally, both agree that Abdel-Samad will accompany Broder for at least a while. In return, Broder promises to visit a mosque with Abdel-Samad. He wants to keep this promise by visiting the Merkez Mosque, but both are refused entry. Then both of them have their hair cut at a hairdresser in Duisburg-Marxloh, who explains his regret that language courses in the mosque have been canceled. Next they visit Kurt Westergaard in Denmark and have him sign his portrait on their car. The episode ends with a visit to the May Day celebrations in Penzberg , where they interview the mayor and Abdel-Samad conducts a brass band, which he describes as the high point of his “migrant career”.
war and peace
In the third episode, the protagonists deal with the peace movement by attending a demonstration by the “grandmothers against war” for the “Gaza fleet” (→ Ship-to-Gaza incident ) and the Berlin peace run. They also conduct interviews with the left-wing politician Norman Paech and the Kurdish writer Aras Fatah and organize a “peace demonstration” themselves, during which Broder tries to collect donations for German soldiers, while Abdel-Samad explains to people that he has found out that there would be no more war if every German donated a monthly salary. In between, Abdel-Samad reports on an encounter with peace activists on the Zugspitze .
Peace or freedom
The discussion about the peace movement is also the subject of the fourth episode. First of all, both of them visit the participants of the “Bike for Peace and New Energies” campaign on scooters in France, who want to travel from Paris to Moscow “with new energies for peace”. The detour to France concludes with a visit to a war cemetery from the First World War . Next they go to the cinema and watch the film “Iran Zendan” by director Daryush Shokof , whom they interview. The second part of the interview with Norman Paech follows. Then Broder and Abdel-Samad meet Irmela Mensah-Schramm in Berlin , who has made it her business to remove Nazi smearings from buildings.
Pious or free
The theme of the last episode is the world religions . First they visit the Munich Oktoberfest - Abdel-Samad in Bavarian costume, Broder disguised with a burqa . There they have a discussion with several young people of Turkish origin who explain what they mean by “ honor ” and that the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the USA were planned “by the Jews ”. Broder and Abdel-Samad then conduct an interview with Imam Mehmet Sahin in a mosque, who explains the relationship between Islam and Judaism and Christianity and explains the Islamic understanding of sexuality inside and outside of marriage. Then they attend a Protestant "animal service" as well as the vehicle blessing and a Catholic service in Maria Vesperbild and speak with the pilgrimage director there, Wilhelm Imkamp , who explains his understanding of Catholicism in the modern world. As a result, both drive to Munich, where Broder with a poster that reads “I am an atheist - thank God” and Abdel-Samad with a slogan with the slogan “Religion, no thanks!” Mingle with the people and with them get into conversation and discuss. In Augsburg they meet Rabbi Henry G. Brandt , who explains why he believes in God despite the Holocaust and sheds light on various aspects of Judaism. The last stop on the trip was the Hindu Sri Kamadchi Ampal temple in Hamm , where a priest explains what karma is and explains various elements of Hinduism and belief in general.
season 2
Look who's conspiring
The episode revolves around conspiracy theories surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001. To do this, they meet the baker from season 1 again and let him explain his perspective on the background to the attack and the role of the Americans and Jews. In an interview, Indira Weis confesses her hatred of the USA and explains why she suspects the Americans to be behind the attacks. At an event "Staged Terror" with Jürgen Elsässer , Paul Schreyer and Bommi Baumann they meet u. a. also the NPD functionary Uwe Meenen from the 1st season again. When talking to Jürgen Elsässer, he was assisted by his supporter, the German national hip hopper Mia Herm alias Dee Ex .
Look who sees through the world
At the beginning of this episode, they visit Obersalzberg with a toilet bowl . In front of the InterConti-Hotel , which is located on the Obersalzberg, attempts are made in vain to prohibit them from filming. Then they talk to the Islamic scholar Udo Steinbach at Wannsee about the politics of Iran. At an event about exopolitics , they find out about the intentions of aliens.
Look who's saving the earth
The topic of this episode is sustainability. After attending the 11th annual conference of the German Council for Sustainable Development , they spoke to the journalist Dirk Maxeiner about climate change. Then they meet Claudia Roth in a textile factory . On the roof of the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment they talk to Markus Söder about the direction of the CSU and about waste separation. Finally, they inform themselves in a Hamburg school about the work of a climate working group that monitors the implementation of a school's own “climate protection plan”.
Look how we survive!
Broder and Abdel-Samad visit an environmental festival and talk to Renate Künast about e-mobility . Then it is shown how Abdel-Samad meets with a physicist named Detlef, who says that investing in electric cars is a mistake, because there is far too little lithium to supply the world population with enough. During a visit to Vauban , where attempts are being made to achieve a sustainable lifestyle with low-energy houses , passive houses and plus-energy houses , both get an insight into how the buildings work. This is followed by an interview with Katja Kipping from Die Linke on the subject of basic income and the 20-hour week. Then both discuss the book Dialoge Zukunft Vision 2050 recommended by Angela Merkel at the 11th annual conference of the Council for Sustainable Development . At the end of the program, Broder and Gunter Gabriel talk about life in general.
Look how poverty pays
At the beginning Broder meets the professional demonstrator and unemployed Timo Tasche from Marl and learns from him which demonstrations he has participated in so far. Afterwards, both of them talk to those responsible for the district management of a district in the Berlin-Neukölln district about measures that are being taken in the fight against poverty and for education and then express themselves critically about the current welfare state . As a result, exploiters of the system on the one hand and those disadvantaged in the bureaucracy in Germany on the other are discussed. Then the lawyer Hans-Ulrich Küttner from Zweibrücken in Rhineland-Palatinate tells about his legal work. Küttner represents Hartz IV recipients and speaks about the poor conception of the Hartz IV law as well as ways of helping the unemployed and promoting their children. In the last scene, a Diakonie employee talks about the bad conditions at her workplace.
season 3
Off to Europe
The episode begins with a visit to the new airport in Berlin - BER, which turns out to be a construction site with no current construction work. Then Broder and Abdel-Samad drive to Strasbourg to the European Parliament, followed by a tour of the EU with Martin Schulz , Holger Krahmer , Lothar Bisky and Janez Potočnik .
In the heart of Europe
In this episode, Abdel-Samad drives over the Nürburgring , followed by a conversation about the bankruptcy with Mr. Lindner and Mr. Richter. It continues with a conversation with Janusz Lewandowski about the EU and a subsequent visit to a large used car market with the export destination Africa. The non-EU-standardized cucumbers are discovered in a market. On the further way it goes to Ruth Breuer, a psychoanalyst who works for EU staff and is able to solve relationship problems there.
Continue
Episode 3 means a lot of new things in the east , episode 4 means extreme Europe .
Reviews
Positive reviews
Michael Hanfeld wrote in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : “They put on one light after the other and show us a Germany whose image you might put together from a thousand and one 'Spiegel TV' reports, but then you couldn't bear to look at it. Broken with humor it works, the view into the abyss right next door; with a sense of humor that upholds the civilizational achievement of modernity like a monstrance: that everyone can distance themselves from their origins and that one culture does not overwhelm and devour the other. "
The star judged: “The 'Germany Safari' looks pretty chaotic now and then, but these holes for identity, in addition to all sorts of rubble, also repeatedly unearth something valuable. For example, the realization that this society enables us to emancipate ourselves from our origins (Broder). That being able to laugh at yourself is a key to integration (Abdel-Samad). That Germany has long been a country of contrasts - which is also supported by the fact that ARD has taken on this relatively wild program. "
Ralph Giordano wrote for Bild.de : “There are eerie encounters on this safari. A meeting of the NPD. Functionaries chatter about 'Yesterday the Jews, today we' and don't even notice that they are recognizing the Holocaust as a historical fact. Racist phrases have never sounded so hollow to me as they did here, while I enviously register that Broder, unlike me, approaches these people without any fear of contact. I can't do that, still not. "
The Frankfurter Rundschau stated: “This creates a picture of life in Germany that has never been seen on television before. All interlocutors express themselves surprisingly openly in front of the camera, and this fact alone speaks for the concept of the show. The fact that the salesperson in a Turkish bakery does not come out from behind the counter and the interviewers stir their coffee cup about ten meters away: this interview technique contradicts all television rules. However, such a phenomenally lively conversation comes about. "
Die Welt stated: “The unusual documentary road movie is a mixture of investigative journalism, black humor and amusing interludes in which Henryk and Hamed argue about Germany and life in general. It has been a long time since there was such intelligent blasphemy on German television! "
In the online edition of the Berlin tabloid BZ it was said: “The result is a funny and sad road movie in which the two provoke, expose and pursue the secrecy of integration. In doing so, they sometimes scratch the limits of good taste. At the five-year celebration of the Holocaust memorial, Broder slips into a stele costume, his partner Abdel-Samad accuses him: 'Unfortunately Broder always has to play the punch.' "
In the Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger it was said: “Especially because Hamed Abdel-Samad and Henryk M. Broder do not contradict their interlocutors, but rather listen and inquire with interest, viewers experience more than with didactic programs. The satire takes the discrimination at its word, and what is revealed there is amazing. "
Negative reviews
The Süddeutsche Zeitung stated: “But where a minority presents another or taps German taboos, provocation remains a pose.” In summary, it was said: “The idea is not bad at all. You let the old fright screw Broder go where it hurts. But the result looks strangely dull. "
Awards
In 2012 Henryk M. Broder and Hamed Abdel-Samad won the Bavarian TV Prize in the Reporter category .
literature
- Hamed Abdel-Samad, Henryk M. Broder: Either Broder - The Germany Safari . Knaus, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8135-0421-7 .
Web links
- Official website
- Specimen copy DNB 1006149503 at the German National Library .
Individual evidence
- ^ Henryk M. Broder: Broder on the move: The East has simply left the West behind. In: welt.de . July 1, 2011, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ^ BR.de: The eternal anti-Semite . 27th September 2017.
- ↑ Own presentation on the website for the program ( Memento from June 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Michael Hanfeld: Indispensable, priceless, unbeatable , FAZ.net, November 7, 2010
- ^ Sophie Albers: The Search for the Lost German , stern.de, November 5, 2010
- ↑ Ralph Giordano: The “Germany Safari” is so bitterly angry , Bild.de, November 6, 2010
- ^ Clemens Haustein: "Either Broder": Beutedeutsche auf Safari , FR online, November 4, 2010
- ↑ Either Broder - The Germany Safari! , Welt Online, November 7, 2010
- ^ Philipp Heinemann: Henryk M. Broder warns again , BZ online, November 2, 2010
- ↑ Guido Kalberer: Wonderful World in the Concentration Camp , Tagesanzeiger.ch, November 8, 2010
- ^ "Henryk Broder on Germany Safari" , Süddeutsche.de, November 11, 2010