Frau sitzend vor Plastikbottichen voller Tomaten. Darunter steht: Aber nichts wuchs.

Mann sitzt im Anzug vor Schultafel mit erhobenem Zeigefinger.

Eine junge Frau im Interview sagt: Die Sprache Romani ist positiv, aber Roma zu sein ist negativ.

Frau sitzend vor Plastikbottichen voller Tomaten. Darunter steht: Aber nichts wuchs.

TALKING LETTERS

Documentary, 53 min, AUT/RO/UA/MDA/LTU, 2013 – Color, Stereo

A film by Angelika Herta and Pavel Braila - A project by Alte Arte Romania; Funded by: Erste Foundation Austria, European Cultural Foundation, Open Society Institute

A multi-faceted portrait of the history and present of the Romani language, which was repeatedly banned and persecuted from Maria Theresa to Hitler. Contemporary witnesses and linguists shed light on a little-known linguistic culture. “Talking Letters” gives an inside in different realities of Romani people who - against every pressure of assimilation - are inventing their own ways of keeping, transmitting and promoting their language.

Screening:
FilmFestival Cottbus, November 2013