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Archive for African Diaspora
International African Festival Tübingen, Germany 2013
BlackExpat.com Spring 2013 Issue Online
The Spring 2013 issue of BlackExpat.com is now online: http://blackexpat.com/new/magazine/
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American Expat Tax Returns
As a U.S. citizen or green card holder residing abroad, you have to file a U.S. tax return on your worldwide income. The U.S. has tax treaties with many countries, which allows the federal government to exchange data on its citizens for tax purposes. Most importantly, if you do not file a tax return for a given tax year, the statute of limitations on that year never runs out.
The good news is that most expats don’t end up paying any taxes to the IRS. First of all – the taxes you already pay in the foreign country count against your US tax obligations. Secondly, also probably qualify for the foreign income exclusion, which lets you subtract $95,100 (in 2012, rising to $97,600 in 2013) from your earned income for tax purposes. There are also a number of other deductions available to expats. As a result most of our clients never actually pay anything to the IRS – they simply file the tax return and collect foreign tax credits. These tax credits can be used at a later date to offset future tax obligations, but they can only be accrued by preparing a tax return.
There is one more important reason why you should file your tax return each year while living abroad. The statute of limitations for IRS audits expires three years after you file. This means the IRS can not go back (absent fraud) and try to audit or change the return later. Therefore, you should file your return even if you have no income or do not owe taxes in order to place a 3-year limit on audits and eliminate potential future problems when you decide to return to the U.S.
At Taxes for Expats we have built an innovative tax preparation system that enables us to provide a variety of tax-related services to our clients no matter where they live. You can have your tax return prepared by a professional dedicated to the expat community. It will be done on a timely basis – our normal turnaround is 15 business days – at a reasonable cost and with minimal effort on your part.
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XXVIII. Black International Cinema Berlin/Germany & U.S.A. 2013
XXVIII. Black International Cinema
Berlin/Germany & U.S.A. 2013
Production and Direction / Produktion und Leitung:
Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith, Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
in cooperation with / in Kooperation mit Gabriele Gün Tank
Commissioner for Integration of the district Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Germany
Integrationsbeauftragte des Bezirks Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin/Deutschland
MAY 8-12, 2013
Rathaus Schöneberg (city hall)
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
10825 Berlin/Germany
Film Submissions
MOMENTS OF AWAKENINGS
Director: Amir Kaufmann
Narrative, Color, 23 min.
Germany 2008, English
CYCLE OF EXISTENCE
Director: Amir Kaufmann
Narrative/Experimental, Color, 25 min.
Germany 2012, no dialogue
JAKE’S WAKE
Director: Alonzo Crawford
Narrative, Color, 60 min.
USA 2012, English
EIN, ZWEI, DREI
Director: Stuart Pound
Experimental, Color, 1 min.
UK 2012
COINED
Director: Elijah Hassan
Narrative, Color, 8 min.
USA 2010, English
(DIS) LOCATION – SAMPA
Director: Sarah Shamash
Experimental, Color, 42 min.
Canada 2011
PINK GIRL
Director: Sarah Shamash
Experimental, Color, 4 min.
Canada 2010
L’ITALIE / ITALY
Director: Arnold Pasquier
Narrative/Experimental, Color, 20 min.
France, French and Italian with English subtitles
MA PASSION
Directors: Matthias G. Ziegler & Sidoine Boris Talom
Experimental, Color, 22 min.
Cameroon 2012, French with English subtitles
DIE RÜCKKEHR VON “RÜBEZAHL” IN DEN BERLINER STADTWALD /
THE RETURNING OF “RÜBEZAHL” INTO THE BERLIN FOREST
Director: Wolfgang Johannes Lechner
Narrative/Experimental, Color, 2×60 min.
Germany 2012, German
BERLIN ANGELS
Director: Jens Roth
Narrative, Color, 21 min.
Germany 2012, English, German and Pashto with English subtitles
23rd PSALM: Redemption
Directors: Cornelius Booker III & Christopher C. Odom
Narrative, Color, 72 min.
USA 2012, English
YOM ECHAD ACHARI HA-SHALOM / ONE DAY AFTER PEACE
Directors: Erez Laufer & Miri Laufer
Documentary, Color, 86 min.
Israel/South Africa 2012, English and Hebrew with English subtitles
VIVIR EN LA MÚSICA / LIVE IN MUSIC
Directors: Galina Likosova & Hernán Humberto Restrepo
Documentary, Color, 59 min.
Colombia 2013, Spanish with English subtitles
KAKOOTI
Director: Mohammad Hasanzadeh Ghomi
Narrative, Color, 95 min.
Iran 2012, Persian with English subtitles
RETURN TO THE WORLD OF DANCE
Directors: Dan Boord, Marilyn Marloff & Luis Valdovino
Experimental, Color, 7 min.
USA 2011, English
GARIFUNA IN PERIL
Directors: Ali Allie & Ruben Reyes
Narrative, Color, 99 min.
Honduras/U.S.A. 2012, English, Spanish and Garifuna with English subtitles
CRITERIOH
Director: Alberto Blanco
Documentary, Color, 19 min.
Spain 2011, Spanish with English subtitles
GUILLERMO OYAGÜEZ MONTERO
Director: Antonio Gómez-Olea
Documentary, Color, 29 min.
Spain 2012, Spanish with English subtitles
TXIKI
Director: Sergio San Martín
Documentary, Color, 27 min.
Spain 2012, Spanish with English subtitles
MÉXICO FLAMENCO
Directors: Josep Badell & Carlos Sánchez-Llibre
Documentary, Color, 53 min.
Spain 2011, Spanish and Catalan with English subtitles
TAIKO: INOCHI NO KODO
Director: Iván Muñoz
Documentary, Color, 15 min.
Spain 2012, Spanish and Japanese with English subtitles
LA MANO AZUL / THE BLUE HAND
Director: Floreal Peleato
Documentary, Color, 71 min.
Spain 2009, French and Portuguese with English subtitles
ON VAMPYRES AND OTHER SYMPTOMS
Director: Celia Novis
Documentary, Color, 74 min.
Spain 2011, Spanish, French and Catalan with English subtitles
PINKFONIC
Director: Sergio R. Zaurin
Documentary, Color, 55 min.
Venezuela 2012, Spanish with English subtitles
QUARTERBACK – A LOOK AT DR. ERNEST C. WITHERS
Director: Chuck O’Bannon
Documentary, Color, 20 min.
USA 2012, English
NEGAHI BE ASEMAN / A LOOK TOWARDS THE SKY
Director: Hadi Mohaghegh
Documentary, Color, 40 min.
Iran 2012, Persian with English subtitles
SAYEHA DAR AKHARIN KHATEREH ROD /
THE OBSCURITY IN LAST REMINISCENCE OF THE RIVER
Director: Reza Mohammadi
Animation, Color, 6 min.
Iran 2012, no dialogue
REAL & BARCELONA
Director: Ibrail Abubakr
Documentary, Color, 17 min.
Iraq 2012, Kurdish with English subtitles
HEZARSI / 1030
Director: Iman Tahsinzadeh
Documentary, Color, 72 min.
Iran 2012, Persian with English subtitles
NIMSAT BADTAR / HALF AN HOUR LATER
Director: Mohammad Reza Lotfi
Narrative, Color, 22 min.
Iran 2012, Persian with English subtitles
SHIRIN GHANARI BOD / SHIRIN WAS A CANARY
Director: Davod Tohidparast
Narrative, Color, 90 min.
Iran 2012, Persian with English subtitles
10 CERKA / 10 SECONDS
Director: Ako Aziz
Narrative, Color, 85 min.
Iraq 2012, Kurdish with English subtitles
BAZ BARAN! / RAIN AGAIN!
Director: Mohammad Reza Khavari
Narrative/Experimental, Color, 8 min.
Iran 2012, no dialogue
TA NABZE KHISE SOBH / UNTIL THE WET PULSE OF MORNING
Directors: Farid Mirkhani, Siavash Gholami & Shiva Gholami
Documentary, Color, 20 min.
Iran 2012, Farsi with English subtitles
MARY BURRILL’S AFTERMATH: CONNECTING WITH THE PAST THROUGH DRAMA
Director: Precious B. Stone
Documentary, Color, 52 min.
USA 2011, English
TOMLINSON HILL
Director: Lisa Kaselak
Narrative, Color, 70 min.
USA 2012, English
STEPPING: BEYOND THE LINE
Director: Dee Garceau
Documentary, Color, 46 min.
USA 2011, English
PORTRAITS IN MOTION: SKETCHES OF SOULSVILLE
USA
B.T. SWAMI – SPIRIITUAL MASTER
Director: Raycurt Johnson
Documentary, Color, 47 min.
USA 2012, English
In Production
A Portrait: Roswitha Günther, Founder/Director,
22 Years Television Program – Pfeiffers Ballhaus
Alex – Offener Kanal Berlin
General audience and specifically for senior citizens
Production: Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
Concept, Research, Direction: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith
“The best way to know God, is to love many things.” – Vincent van Gogh
A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM GREAVES
Malcolm X: Nationalist or Humanist?
Producer/Director: Madeline Anderson
Executive Producer: William Greaves
USA, English
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
Director: William Greaves
Documentary, B/W, 40 min.
USA 1967, English
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
Director: William Greaves
Documentary, Color, 58 min.
USA 1989, English
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
Director: William Greaves
Documentary, Color, 117 min.
USA 2001, English
The Collegium – Forum & Television Program Berlin
Production & Direction: Prof. Donald Muldrow Griffith/Fountainhead® Tanz Théâtre
Conversation with William Greaves and Audrey Henningham
Documentary, Color, 60 min.
Berlin/Germany 2004, English
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Rihanna’s Diamonds World Tour Coming to Europe
Say what you want about Rihanna, she’s talented and a hard worker. She’s doing a huge tour called the Diamonds World Tour and it covers dozens of cities in Europe:
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