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clips from some of the 12 films made by film students here in germany over the last year who were tossed with showing europe in film in 2020 which the students have managed to make despite the pandemic. more about those films in a. in it hello and welcome to arts and culture also coming out today so sensation out of black is back with a brand new album now a father all love everything is an inspiring tribute to his new family. with the 6 month german presidency of the e.u. coming to a close at the end of december this also sees the end of an artistic project

initiated by the german foreign office and supported by the german film academy 30 film students here were asked to travel through europe and shoot what is important to them what moves them like the climate crisis or the plight of refugees here the result sometimes fictional sometimes documentary a very moving. the kind of it 19 pandemic has worsened the plight of refugees in europe restricting them really meant and reducing their chances of gaining asylum. in the short film caps in the amount a young refugee in rural germany encounters unfriendly mistrustful locals hungry and scared to kill the cat and the hostility turns into outright hate. came. on the market that's. when the so.

put it this was on. chris does sound clips about it mean that our set. family about. the vows i know. but help comes from unexpected quarters an unsettling study of loneliness and desperation i. go to identify the twilight of the gods picks up on some of the most notorious images of the refugee crisis while telling the story of a wealthy family holding a burial at sea in the mediterranean whose ship collides with something floating under water. and what we wanted to convey with the film was that the time when we can look the other way is over we need to face up to the failure of our values an act of. will back to. the world believe me. or the film takes the form of

a parable contrasting the idea of european solidarity with the harsh reality of fortress your. the book. you leave. the battle for our voices is a short documentary about pro-choice activists in warsaw involved in the women strike in poland as of 27th of november 2020 abortion is banned there. is a most wanted situation with them all of the same level because they have. your own stock to pull our focus was very firmly on the activists political and social agenda 1st and foremost we wanted to show what their values are and how important their work is we wanted the film to be inspirational. so i thought.

the film provides intriguing insights into women struggle for equality in some a charity. groups have said oh yeah well now. it's a struggle that's underway across not just europe but the whole well. short films that are as diverse as the young filmmakers who make them but who share the belief that we can all help to solve europe's problems and then perhaps the whole lopes. there are a total of 12 films you could watch all of them for free at this website i was kino dot de and you can vote for the best one as well as music now and

a new album from in my humble opinion one of the great solve voices around today i love black dabbles in many musical genres hip hop rap r. and b. he's also a really good songwriter it's his singing voice that really gets me on his latest album all love everything it really has matured into a thing of beauty in the last few years. my way fun by californian soul star slack featuring the sing his trademark smooth focal zz the track of black's latest album all love everything exudes hope and positivity. aloe blacc breakthrough came in 2010. with this song i need a dollar it was

a hit around the world. carefree as it sounds it actually tells of people marginalized by society of alcoholism and hopelessness it reflects the long history of struggle by black people in the us. aloe blacc campaigns for the rights of people of color he uses his popularity to reach politicians and fight against injustice following in the footsteps of some pretty big role models. of activists civil rights heroes that i look up to the leaders of the past for talking about. or gandhi or martin luther king we're talking about stevie wonder or bill withers aretha franklin you know. there is

a place in there just being in their existence that it. was. everyone by humanizing the most of all garbled. i want to follow in their footsteps. black's own story is not typical of black musicians in the us his parents were immigrants from panama but black grew up in a california where he went to a good school had white friends and a picture perfect for. the. world he didn't feel quite at home in that world so he searched for another. foundation issue lee and breakdown and then later. i couldn't live the life that my parents lived in panama and i couldn't live the

life that my white friends were living in america and what i found hip hop hip hop culture was something that i can embrace and say ok this is different but i feel like. i can belong to something like this. even. black eventually had success with this cell and publish on those but he's never left the political behind i follow black a singer who wants to bring light into the darkness. whole stage was

a german photographer famous for the way he worked with lawyers when he started back in the 960 s. it was with his black and white photos later in his career as a lot of artist who was one of the 1st to use lasers so successfully as an art form is archive has now been donated to a museum in the german city of mannheim. 'd curators at mannheim sefi a gallery for contemporary art a sorting through the estate of photography cost aged man it's a vast collection man was $1.00 of germany's most successful photojournalists and light artists with the funds most at least in the early years for 2 subjects in particular. quality out on the front cars and on the back when men. found man made his name in the 1960 s. with photographs of motor sports but also with sensitive portraits of the stars of the era because you get a cool deep in contemplation his talent was to capture intimate moments without

intruding on their own. balance gaze was never intrusive but he was a keen observer he began taking photographs at a young age in 1953 aged 19 he took this self-portrait on 2 of his trusty like a camera he quickly launched a success. yes full career soon he was taking pictures of leading figures of the day from then chancellor ludwig ad hot to bond actress and generous to him as a photographer his subject range was vast he was basically interested in everything i listened to. his skillset was also vast working as a light artist gave him scope for creative experimentation. in 1977 he took part in document a 6 and capsule where he installed the 1st permanent laser sculpture in the world but his career began to suffer one time car there came a point where he lost his fishing he ran out of money but continued to be

extravagant he ended up on welfare for. forced age bellman died in 2019 his daughter bequeath his estate to the mannheim gallery a retrospective is planned but 1st they'll sift through the thousands of negatives and photographs the seminal artist left behind. now a look at a couple of other stories from the world of arts and culture a moment to start with we're off to hollywood for these 2. highlights of an auction of film memorabilia in hollywood on thursday was the original james bond prop handgun from dr no that was the very 1st ball movie which of course starred the late great mr sean connery the iconic viles a p p k was estimated to fetch between $150.00 and $200000.00 but eventually she went to an anonymous buyer for $256000.00.

no sign of the latest james bond movie yet but a new film called manga starring gary oldman comes out this week and netflix it's the story of how hollywood screenwriter herman mankiewicz wrote citizen kane which is often regarded as the greatest film ever made and he wrote it despite being drunk dissolute oldman is said to be brilliant in the title role. and that rounds up this edition of culture a lot small stories as ever on our website at d.w. dot com slash culture also do check out d.w. books and d.-w. classical music on you tube they all work visit thanks for watching and until next time i'll veto is a good book. w.'s

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going up yonge colombian. hollow escobar is gone but now there are more cartels processing cocaine in a. number of the gulf cartel is a serious threat to the country and it's our duty to fight against disorganization toward. comedy came up missing 400. 30 s. we're talking about more than $70000000.00 has been on. colombia after the fall of drug lord pablo escobar the country managed to drastically reduce its cocaine production deflecting media attention about trunk trafficking on to mexico. but today colombia is once again number one. in fact it

produces even more cocaine than it did in pablo ask about this time. there are more than 2 tons of cocaine right there. that's a lot of drugs but let me tell you something that is a drop in the ocean because last year alone the rates an all time record in the production of that truck was 1000 tells the colombian police and the military were able to seize around $200.00 or so and that's what's and military record is what. i just see here. what we are about to get into it's war on drugs but with an intensity the world has never seen before. the police.

together with the colombian police we traveled to the autobahn region these is the home of the towns to contact which is responsible for the most drug trafficking in colombia from this impenetrable jungle to can town controls drug trafficking just to be a blow to his compound once did from the streets of maintaining it. don't so here in the heart of the traffickers territory of the headquarters of operation agamemnon lance the name of the police operation who single goal is destroying the gulf cartel. of my their comrades the high the phase that's beginning to see a strong and very presence of our forces in the region race here. major

general fokus leads an elite unit that's been fighting the gulf cartel for 3 years . on my ground this is our biggest operation against a common a organization for canada it's bigger than the money for the cali cartel and bigger than the hunt for problem escobar up at $100.00 and there's one simple reason for that on the gulf cartel is a serious threat to the country but i would buy. it under general manger of august commandos from the home block and cop as units fight side by side with the aim of capturing the contents ringleaders. stated here that every time you feel tired after a hard day of service you look at that photo board countless hours have gone into it there are. the only photographs reminds the commandos of the goals they've achieved but also of the cantelli leaders who still

need to be brought to justice among the latter is the biggest target of all colombia's most wanted man. dido antonio. also known as well tony as the leader of the contact. in the hunt for tony out and his underlings operations. economics has already taken down 86 of the con towns leading figures. now in the middle of the night the commandos are preparing for a new offensive it will also mock the beginning of a new strategy. for starting a new phase in the fight against the gulf cartel the police the army the navy the air force and of course the mediterranean district attorney's office will all be

fully integrated in a. colombian security forces are uniting in the fight against the contact and then not just talking the ringleaders about the members. of our forces are not going to miss you as an organization the gulf cartel is involved in everything from coca farming to cocaine production to trafficking us all from the gulf. in the cold for it's our constitutional duty to use all available means to fight this organization that being no chance understates to go to. the body looking into. the future the goal of. today's goal is to locate who can land and neutralize some of the continent's most

important members the chemists. and. the commandos trying to locate coca plantations amid the dense jungle. that.

is what they're looking for in the 1st place coca leaves because work wherever you can find coca leaves nearby should be another tree at the end of the day you need 200 killers of this to. transform them into one kilo of cocaine base. the commanders search for pumps in the jungle. the drug traffickers use them to transport the coca leaves to the labs. if. the security forces have to move quickly but also cautiously. helicopters will have given away their presence that means one of 2 things either the trunk traffic is

well fleet or they might open file on the commanders. it. locally it. looks like. the dust up here to go to helicopters

coming in. here right away. during. this time the cocaine cokes have escaped. the commandos wasted no time in searching the area for suspects khan to confound.

the helicopter crew sponsor house and the jungle nearby the commandos split into 2 groups a group a one approached the house and group b. will set up a surveillance perimeter. player . let. me play you. well we'll put it your. local members are. going to buy

you. all this are. far from the go you wonder if you. ever. think what i thought you were that. there was. a group against facts the house group b. has found a suspect. in the where's the gun why don't have one of the i swear on my daughter's life where's the rest of the group i'm on my own. and wrap the machete and take it like the way down and leave it. to time a farmer to sit down if. i just arrived fire right yesterday with my family doing it don't give me that crap what's this is the cutters from your mama want to know how it is just knows i. don't mess with.

a radio and a list of tired skiff the saucepan to wang as one of the gulf cartel discounts flow what do you do with those communication codes they force me to do it yourself you're the commandos trying to get some information that could lead them into he's balsams who forced you to drink and i don't know that man's name only how did you get that radio in those communication codes if. you look the way you do don't they do. listen we'll go and we'll get it i must. feel. it to contact god who refuses to be trying his boss's feet the commanders false him to contact them. feel the way that you talk to them normally let's see what they say. mumbo jumbo for. a

little while to sell food or you know what. 4 years ago for you. remember from the result of a sort of a. good idea of us were able to set a course in this country that you would open a door and pulled off the roof or off. so i didn't go into the ocean floor i. was on the heard on the roof on the earth. but the radio comes go on answered the count our numbers have probably been informed but they go between has been captured and likely they can't off the connection to prevent him sounds being traced by police. the operation results in the destruction of 2 labs and the arrest of

a guy. in the. old. i've heard. he's just a small cog in the car town's machine but it still is significant to women because the officers are seized the contents radiographs.

last. back to the headquarters fee it's time for the intelligence officials to got to walk. around. agents listen into cantelli radio communications thanks to the table of contents scenes from the ground to. the interception brings results intelligence officials get information about one of the local contacts leaders the next step is to interrogate the man they tanked.

to how long were you in the organization what was your job. by was there for 9 months over those as a patrolman. behavior i guarded the bosses. i looked after the security of the organizational guys as. informants like that on find telephone when it comes to tracking down an enemy that's constantly on the move of the body to sleep in houses for cancer. we camped in the mountains see. to me elmo boy when you told we were always on the move all over the elmo school we never stayed in the same place for long it started as. the interrogation of the informant is carried out in strict secrecy only a small group of us has scholz know his identity.

to his own way and if we go we need to identify a landmark it up to something to help us find their character compartment i sure each their camp so yes there's one here. ok what kind of weapons do they have. what they take a 47 what and to see if the. light of the commandos can't ready to implement that plan their goal is to capture one of the local golf con town leaders. the to. the hobby helicon time to blackhawks head to the coordinates supplied by the intelligence department.

from the ask the team begins the process of all pinpointing the ringleader and his accomplices. the commandos are observing enemy movements antonymous to stay away from the windows. that. the that

the. open fire on com tell man hiding in the jungle. that the commandos must find the drug traffickers before they have time to a skank if. you guys are going to. go they're going to put. it that if.

you've. got. to go back up. the. commandos suddenly spawn some suspects on about which cut off. other. players but they are data. set up. to let the baghdad.

players. who would play. but none of the man on the boat all the ringleader the commandos decide to let them go. and the special forces split into groups to continue the chinese i know the ringleader must be close behind. the following dogmatists will help the cantelli members as a plane trying to escape but the commandos bombs for patton let them get away.

from. the typewriter we hear news from the other side of the river. that it was happy to tell. them we attacked them. so no one of them was neutralized but all of the 15 was wounded when we. if you see sir he was treated by one of our paramedics and that he died out of my goodness of the . will by you never told us who is it it was one of the people we were after this office for a number account cantelli yes it's for commandos say it was machine gun fire from the helicopters the took out a contact leader. they're

bringing them here. just 6. kilometers. ily. x. . x. x. x. x. x. . x. . x. . x. x. . going to play music and drug trafficking has taken on a life of a man who until hours ago was part of the gun conto leadership is now the latest

victim of the war long drops. as. live. felix evolved un valenciano alias cobra 5 join the list to console leaders who have been camped. taniela is being encircled one after the other his deputies are following the

police and military are attacking the cartels truck laughs and chant the statistics clearly show that year after year colombia continues to set new cocaine production records. we traveled to met him the city where it all began this is the place pablo escobar transformed into the global capital of drug trafficking we're going to look at the other side of the war on drugs the wont of the traffickers we want to find out how it's possible that so much cocaine can be produced despite the government's efforts . our journey leads us to one of the criminal groups currently controlling drug trafficking in met a year. found

from the opulence of boma times drug traffickers now run their business from the poorest areas of the city. it's in one of these neighborhoods that we meet with one of my most experienced drug traffickers. and i started. aminal career in 1902. before i worked in labs and took shipments by boat and plane to mexico. this is the life of my job i'll do it until i die. katana i walk too closely with combo ask him by himself no one knows better than he found drug trafficking has developed in colombia over

the last few decades. what happened off to go as compounds phone king who was his successor and of course will go global was born pablo escobar fell the cartel here was led by a group called lot of sina you know but it's winding down now because these days there's really only small time dealing being done here to. see and they've trafficking isn't just be here anymore where in colombia has it moved to get. if you want to work you have to go into the jungle gone are the days when you could have your drug lab in the city it's much harder because it's monitored much more strict lasered all so everyone goes into the jungle but there was there were like the golf contacts yes but they've been relentlessly attacked or now there are more and more small cartels and people are learning the trade school more before everyone has a small lab and they get $1200.00 or maybe a 1000 kilos out of it depending on where they are that's why there's more production it's a whole lot of small amounts

a little bit because there are more people producing it with both of them so the gulf con town doesn't control drug trafficking anymore. well there are lots of groups now and each has its own aereo no one oversteps the boundary into another groups area. that it's not a group saunters be called powerful but there are many more of that which of mass right would have everyone in the cocaine trade is growing in processing then we transported to mexico the mexicans pay and we process it and transported there. lapo escobar used to control the drug trafficking wrote but now the mexican still want to go so the mexicans are the ones who do the ordering from them and them in the fall of baghdad so yes and in large quantities they export it to the us over move. the cocaine business has adapted while the government cracks down on the gulf cartel hundreds

of new gangs have taken its place and it's all now driven by mexican gangs who are the ones buying colombian cocaine. we want to follow the trail of colombian cocaine as it makes its way north just like production transportation has fragmented it's done in several stages traffickers trying to evade the old guard is my 1st transporting into neighboring countries from that the cocaine reaches mexican cartels the new overlords of the train one of them is among the biggest in a while this in a lower cartel. through our contacts we meet with felipe or a council member in.