in west germany, a protest movement against the film emerged after "africa addio" was awarded by the state-controlled movie rating board (filmbewertungsstelle wiesbaden). the protest was chiefly organized by the socialist german student union (sds) and groups of african students. in west berlin, the distributor resigned from showing the film after a series of demonstrations and damage to cinemas. today, the protests against "africa addio" are regarded as being the first anti-racist movement in german history.