André Watts
(Steve Sherman)
During the months of Oct and Nov 2013, MusicUNTOLD is screening the documentary Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story. Brown Babies reveals
a chapter of history few know about. The film presents an era when
children born to German women and African-American soldiers were
unwanted, ignored and forgotten. Winner of the Best Documentary award at
the 2011 American Black Film Festival. Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story chronicles
the lives of the biracial , bicultural children of African American GIs
and German women. These children, placed in orphanages, were left to
live without the support of their parents and their countries, Germany
and the United States.
Renowned pianist Andre Watts was not a
part of the film but he was born in Germany, the son of an African
American soldier and a Hungarian mother in 1946. See http://www.cmartists.com/artists/andre-watts.htm
Thanks
John Malveaux
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