Schwarze Adler (2021)
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Black and Afro-German footballers recount their paths through German professional football and their experiences of racism.
The story
This documentary explores the experiences of Black and Afro-German players in the German national team and professional football. A group of players and football figures—including Erwin Kostedde, who made his national-team debut in 1974 as Germany’s first Black player—describe their routes into professional sport, their careers, and encounters with racist prejudice and hostility. Rather than relying on voice-over narration or commentary, the film lets its protagonists tell their own stories, accompanied by archival footage spanning 1945 to 2021.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film explores the experiences of Black and Afro-German players from the German national football team and German professional football. Guy Acolatse, Otto Addo, Gerald Asamoah, Anthony Baffoe, Cacau, Rigobert Gruber, Jimmy Hartwig, Steffi Jones, Erwin Kostedde, Jean-Manuel Mbom, Patrick Owomoyela, Beverly Ranger, Shary Reeves, and Jordan Torunarigha are interviewed. In *Black Eagles*, they talk about their paths into professional sport, their careers, and their experiences with racist prejudice and hostility. Beginning with Erwin Kostedde, who made his debut for the German national team in 1974 as its first Black player, the film recounts experiences of racism in society and, in particular, in professional football. There is no voice-over narration or commentary. The protagonists tell their own stories, illustrated with archival footage spanning 1945 to 2021.
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