Tag Archives: deportation
Film Review: “Born in Absurdistan”
As part of the Multicultural Germany undergraduate seminar at UC Berkeley, students reviewed recent German films relating in various ways to topics of migration, multiculturalism, and contemporary German identity. Tanja Mehlo reviewed the 1999 film “Geboren in Absurdistan” (Born in Absurdistan): … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Project Updates (Home Page)
Tagged citizenship, deportation, discrimination, family, film_review, identity, migration, prejudice
Geboren in Absurdistan (Born in Absurdistan)
With actors Julia Stemberger; Karl Markovics, Meltem Cumbul, Ahmet Ugurlu, Josef Hader; available on DVD Summary: In the hospital the new-born babies of an Austrian couple and a Turkish family of immigrant workers are mixed up and go home with … Continue reading
Posted in Filmography
Tagged Allahyari, citizenship, comedy, deportation, discrimination, family, identity, migration, prejudice
