Getting involved is a way to not despair, says actor Jonathan Berlin. He campaigns against discrimination against queer people and has launched a petition to declare a climate emergency. He also had an answer.
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In the summer of 2019, actor Jonathan Berlin and others launched a petition that would force the German government to declare a climate emergency. Their request was heard by the Petitions Committee of the German Bundestag. Jonathan received no response until two and a half years later: the petition was rejected.
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“It’s like calling an ambulance and two and a half years later they say, ‘No, we’re not sending one.'”
Jonathan Berlin, actor
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In his work, Jonathan Berlin always tries to take climate protection into account. For example, while filming in Spitsbergen, a Norwegian archipelago, he spontaneously produced a documentary on the extent to which the climate catastrophe is already having a visible impact.
Last year, Jonathan Berlin supported the “#Actout” initiative, in which 185 actors came out publicly. They want to take action against abuses in the film industry. Queer people are still at a disadvantage here.
For example, the Actout website states: “Previously, it was stated that if we revealed certain aspects of our identity, namely our sexual and gender identity, we would suddenly no longer be able to portray certain characters and relationships.”
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Best Young Actor
Jonathan Berlin studied at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. After graduation, he was in front of the camera for the television films “Tannbach-A Village” and “Die Freibadclique”. He was awarded best young actor and nominated for the German Television Award for best actor.
In an interview with Deutschlandfunk-Nova moderator Sebastian Sonntag, Jonathan Berlin talks about his experiences as a queer actor, his hopes of averting the worst consequences of the climate crisis and his method of not despair.
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