Short film programme: Decolonize the Archive

Resilience in the image. The filmmakers explore artistic possibilities for dealing with racist archive images from the colonial era.
In cooperation with Theater im Depot.
Unearthing. In Conversation.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
An empty auditorium. A stack of photo boxes. A colonial flashback. As a performer, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński studies a series of […]
Verwoben & Vergessen
Rebecca Pokua Korang
A long and still ongoing history of oppression and othering: Korang blends found footage from the Nazi propaganda film Germanin […]
Majub’s Journey
Eva Knopf
Majub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein, born in the colony of »German East Africa«, was just nine years old when he […]
Joséphine Baker Watches Herself
Terri Francis
Paris, Folies Bergère, 1926: Josephine Baker performs her iconic banana dance on stage, surrounded by stereotypical props. In later years, […]