Short films: struggling Afro-German sisters in "Our Rhineland" and Black British disillusion in Notting Hill

 

How does it feel being Black/mixed race in Germany during the Third Reich period in 1937 when you have to fight against forced sterilisation by the Nazis? 

How does feel being Black in London's Notting Hill in 1958 when you feel British, but have to cope with racial tension, violence and isolation. 

These are the topics of the award wining American short film "Our Rhineland" and the British short film "Sorry We don't help Darkies”. Two great short films about the Black experience in Europe

Our Rhineland

In 1937, under the Third Reich, Germans of mixed race are being rounded up and rendered sterile. The looming threat is dangerously close, yet two sisters struggle over how to react - Sofia yearns to fight, while Marta says cope. 

Their bond must be stronger than their differences if they are to overcome the horror of the Reich.

 

Sorry We Don't Help Darkies

A Caribbean family living in London's Notting Hill during the tension and violence that led to the Notting Hill riots in 1958, comes to a brutal realisation that life in post war Britain is far from the 'Mother Country' that would welcome them with open arms as they had been told...



Read more about Black Germany and Black Britain:

• The fate of blacks in Nazi Germany 
• Exploring The Notting Hill Race Riots of 1958