"A Good Day to Die" on Life of Dennis Banks & Rise of AIM a Hit in Germany

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Dennis Banks in Stuttgart

STUTTGART, GERMANY - The award-winning film, "A Good Day to Die" was featured on January 21 at the Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival received a standing ovation in Stuttgart, Germany.

On hand to discuss the making of the film was Dennis Banks, Ojibwa, cofounder of the American Indian Movement. He was joined there with his daughter, Glenda Roberts, Ojibwa and the documentary filmmakers Lynn Salt, Choctaw, and David Mueller.

Between Tradition & Multimedia Life

This Festival works in close partnership with the American Indian Film Institute and American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco and Festival Director, Mike Smith. Dreamspeakers International Indigenous Film Festival of Edmonton, Canada has recently joined the partnership bringing their highly-regarded international reputation with them. Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival also works closely with a prestigious university in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The University of Konstanz will integrate some of the films shown at this festival into its curriculum.

"Between Tradition and Multimedia Life" is the motto of the festival that with the support of Stuttgart based partners, The Volkshochschule, the Linden Museum and The James F. Byrnes Institute, is beginning to make waves and gain international attention on the world scene. Film expert and artistic director Gunter Lange of Media Arts Cultural Events provides the guidance in Konstanz to make it a huge success.

Banks and the others in the party who traveled to Germany were able to enjoy the beauty of Stuttgart and experience the food, learn about the city's history and interact with German people. The Germans in attendance wanted to learn more about First Americans and First Nations people so they could better understand the issues that still exist in the Americas for Native people.

"A Good Day to Die" is now available around the world for film festivals, television broadcast, university classes, high schools, libraries, museums and community centers.

posted January 28, 2012 6:00 am est