Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots |
Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
2010-01-24
Abby Liebenthal, Staff Reporter
“It all started with a public threat on my life.”
Within the first few minutes of Mo Asumang’s documentary “Roots Germania,” students, faculty and Bloomington residents became part of a search for the director’s identity…
…Asumang said the journey to find her identity was driven by a desire to understand where racism toward Afro-Germans originated.
“It’s like a job to search for identity,” Asumang said. “It starts when you’re born in Germany – it’s not so easy to be part of that country.”
The film was triggered by a song, written by a Neo-Nazi band the “White Aryan Rebels,” that calls for Asumang’s murder. Lyrics in the song include “This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang.”…
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