Film Series " Afrodeutsche: Afro-Germans in Film: Leroy"
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Location
Goethe-Institut
Phone: 202-289-1200
812 7th St NW
Washington, DC, 20001
Phone: 202-289-1200
September 13, 2010 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Germany, 2007, 89 min., DVD, Director: Armin Völckers, Cast: Alain Morel, Anna Hausburg, Constantin von Jascheroff, Afrob, Günther Kaufmann, Eva Mannschott
Introduction by Yvonne Poser, Associate Professor German, Howard University
Leroy, an Afro-German teenager, falls in love with Eva. But Eva’s father is a politician in an extreme right-winged party, and her brothers are known neo-Nazis. Leroy finds himself stuck in an identity crisis as he attempts to become friends with the family.
Born in 1963, Armin Völckers grew up in Brazil. Leroy, the winner of a 2008 German Film Prize, is Völckers’ feature film debut, expanding upon the same theme which he covered in Leroy Cleans Up (Leroy räumt auf, 2005).
Tickets: $ 7/$ 4
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812 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20001-3718
Phone: 202-289-1200
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