Productions
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10 April 2006
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ORF Weltjournal
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Fighting violence on schools |
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Teachers of a Berlin school with a large percentage of pupils of migrant descent, searched for publicity to express their cry of distress about the tense working conditions. The pupils are very violent, come to school when they want and vandalism is the order of the day. Most of the pupils show a demonstrative lack of interest and a serious hatred against everything that is German. In The Netherlands ´black´ schools are a phenomena that is already known since a while. Dutch organisations and schools developed innovative forms of education to fight violence and segregation on schools and to prepare pupils for the future multi ethnic society. Filming journalist Katinka Nowotny visits a school where the director and teachers managed to change around anarchy to a balanced, disciplined and happy school atmosphere. Obeing a clear set of rules, extra attention from teachers, social workers and coordinators, and the close contact with parents turn out to be vital.
Activities: research & set-up, accompany filming & driving, interviews, translations.