Short film programme: Stars & Illusions
The short films in this programme share a desire to connect with allies across generations – in the past or even into the future. These »critical fabulations« (Saidiya Hartman) combine archival research and fictional narrative to fill gaps in the historiography.
STARS
Mojisola Adebayo
STARS tells the story of the Nommo: extraterrestrial afro-hermaphroditic, anthro-amphibian migrants. Their cosmic stories of planetary constellations and distant stars, […]
Illusions
Julie Dash
It’s 1942, one year after Pearl Harbor, and the setting is a Hollywood studio. Studio manager Mignon, who passes as […]
“What would Fasia say?”
Marny Garcia Mommertz
Marny Garcia Mommertz explores how the legacy of Fasia Jansen, a Black German Holocaust survivor, singer and peace activist, resonates […]
