DIE ARIER

Credits

Name: DIE ARIER

Country: Deutschland

Year of publication: 2014

Format: DCP

Format Canvas:

Color: color

Language : deutsche OF

Duration: 45 Minuten

Series: 20. Afrika Film Festival Köln

Direction: Asumang, Mo

Abstract

Director Mo Asumang embarks on a personal journey attempting to figure out what is behind the idea of a ‘master race‘. She meets pseudo-Aryans at Nazi demonstrations, travels to meet the true Aryans of Iran, and meets with the notoriously racist Ku Klux Klan in the United States. The documentary DIE ARIER is a tour de force, peering insightfully into the abyss of racism. “Every racist can be checkmated relatively quickly if you don’t meet him with counter-hatred. That takes away any possibility that his image of the enemy can remain.” (Mo Asumang) With her disarmingly open manner, Mo Asumang manages a deeper look into the dimensions of racism.