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The Aryans

Film screening, followed by a Q&A | Inhabiting History | Carte Blanche to Miryam Charles

DIE ARIER, dir. Mo Asumang © Hanfgarn & Ufer

DIE ARIER, dir. Mo Asumang © Hanfgarn & Ufer

The Aryans
Die Arier
Germany, 2014, 92 min.
Director: Mo Asumang
Documentary

The Aryans is a personal journey of Activist Mo Asumang into the madness of racism during which she meets German neo-Nazis, the US leading racist, notorious Tom Metzger and Ku Klux Klan members in the alarming twilight of the Midwest.

A documentary about right-wing movements worldwide - and their completely wrong interpretation of ‘aryanism’ - a phenomenon which began with French philosopher Arthur de Gobineau and went on with the Nazis. Filmmaker Mo Asumang sets out for a tour de force into the abyss of the political evil and finds out that the Aryans originally come from an area which belongs to Iran nowadays. 

This film is part of the film series Inhabiting History, curated by Montreal filmmaker and artist Miryam Charles. The series is presented by the Goethe-Institut Montreal in collaboration with the Cinémathèque québécoise.

Speakers

  • Miryam Charles

    Artist and Filmmaker

    From Haitian descent, Miryam Charles is a director, producer and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature films. Her films have been presented in various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her first feature film This House was selected at the Berlin International Film Festival as well as the AFI Film Festival, and was part of the TIFF Top 10 in 2022. Her work explores themes related to exile and the legacies of colonization.

  • Natacha Clitandre

    Artist

    Natacha Clitandre works in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. She holds a BA in Visual Arts from UQAM and was awarded a Master’s degree in Theory and Practice of Contemporary Art and New Media from the University of Paris 8 in 2007.

    Since 2001, her work has been exhibited in various venues across North America and Europe. Notable solo exhibitions include those at the Musée de la civilisation (2017), PHI (2024) and Paradise in Nantes (2025).