The film “Wir sind Sintikinder und keine Zigeuner” by Katrin Seybold and Melanie Spitta shows the life of a Sinti family at the beginning of the 1980s in Germany. The family lives – according to officialese – on a “country rider’s place” on the outskirts of a small Bavarian town. The plot centers on the nine-year-old girl Brigitta and her perception of her surroundings.
In the short film, the family’s living conditions, their past and present, are put into the context of ongoing discrimination against Sint_ezza and Rromn_ja and the importance of preserving their own cultural practices.
Wir sind Sintikinder und keine Zigeuner | Katrin Seybold, Melanie Spitta | BRD | 1980/1981 | German | Short Film | 20 min.