wer fürchtet sich vorm schwarzen mann?
Who’s afraid of the black man?
Seven burly guys and a petite woman; one of the private coal merchant's businesses in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. Coal-hikers had a bad reputation, were regarded as coarse-natured, commonly ex-inmates and alcoholics. How is a woman to earn respect in such circumstances? The camera accompanies the men and woman at work, calls on them at home, listens to what they have to say. The sequences, calmly-shot and intricate, give us a chance to take a look beneath the surface. A wonderfully photographed snapshot of Berlin in the eighties and the people at the bottom; a faithful depiction of how a social stratum lived and viewed an era. KF
35 mm | Doc | s/w / b/w
Thomas Plenert, Helke Misselwitz
Thomas Plenert
Ronald Gohlke
Brigitte Unterdörfer
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Helke Misselwitz - born 1947 in Zwickau, GDR. After graduating from school and qualifying as a carpenter she served an apprenticeship as a physiotherapist. Worked for nine years as producer and assistant directorforyouth television in Eastern Germany. Studied directing from 1978-82 at the University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" (HFF) Potsdam-Babelsberg.
Later worked for the "Sophienstrasse 8" gallery and the Mitropa catering company in Berlin-Lichtenberg. After graduating she took up employment as a freelance author and director of documentary films for the state-owned DEFA film studio. From 1985-88 Misselwitz attended Heiner Carow's master class at the Academy of Arts in East Berlin. Permanent employment at the DEFA studio for documentary film in Berlin from in 1988-91. She became a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Arts in 1991. Currently based in Berlin, she has worked as professor for directing at the HFF since 1997.
WINTERBILDER (1979, doc, short)
VERSTECKEN (1979, short)
EIN LEBEN (1980, doc)
HAUS. FRAUEN. (1981, short)
DIE FIDELE BÄCKERIN (1982)
HAUS (1983), Beitrag zur DEFA Kinobox 61,4
AKTFOTOGRAFIE - Z.B. GUNDULA SCHULZE (1983, doc, short)
STILLEBEN. EINE REISE ZU DEN DINGEN (1984, doc)
TANGO (1984), Beitrag zur DEFA Kinobox 40,4
35 FOTOS (1984), Beitrag zur DEFA Kinobox 39,1
TANGOTRAUM (1985, doc, short)
WINTER ADÉ (1988, doc)
WER FÜRCHTET SICH VORM SCHWARZEN MANN (1989, doc)
SPERRMÜLL (1990, doc)
WAS HAST’N GEMACHT, GESTERN? (1990, TV), Beitrag zu aspekte-Sendung „Tugend Besonnenheit“
RÄUME (1990), Beitrag „Ost-Berlin“ für Magazin „Nova“, zusammen mit Petra Tschörtner
SASSNITZ (1991), Beitrag ARD-Sendung „Der erste Sommer“
HERZSPRUNG (1992)
SCHÖNES FRÄULEIN, DARF ICH’S WAGEN? (1993, doc)
LEBEN EIN TRAUM (1994, doc, video)
MEINE LIEBE, DEINE LIEBE (1995, doc)
ENGELCHEN (1996)
OSKAR, KARLI UND DER MANN MIT DER ZIGARRE, Beitrag zu „Das 7. Jahr – Ansichten zur Lage der Nation (1997, doc, video)
FREMDE ODER / OBCA ODRA (2001, doc)
QUARTIER DER ILLUSIONEN (2003, doc, video)