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Machuca

09.09.2014, 18:30 Windhoek

Exceptional Screening: "Machuca" by...

Considered to be among the Top-Twenty of Great Latin American Cinema of the last 20 years, Andres Wood’s "Machuca" was originally screened in Directors Fortnight at...

Natsha Kelly

09.09.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Rassismus- und machtkritische...

Vor 30 Jahren führte bereits die Schwarze US-amerikanische Feministin und Wissenschaftlerin Audre Lorde das Thema Rassismus in die weiße deutsche Frauenbewegung ein und...

06.09.2014, 10:00 Windhoek

Inspiring Young Imaginations: "Izulu...

Filmed in eThekweni and based on the experiences of the city's homeless children, Izulu Lami is a heartrending tale of suffering and redemption. The film incorporates excellent...

Skooneid (Beauty)

31.08.2014, 20:15 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of...

François is a conservative and nationalistic macho from the ‘white’ middle-class. He’s completely numb—to everything. When young Christian enters his life, François’ suppressed...

Africa Shafted

31.08.2014, 19:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Africa...

A number of short stories from the elevator in Johannesburg’s largest apartment building, Ponte City, which houses 4,400 occupants from all over Africa on 54 floors. Filmed over...

Craddock Four

31.08.2014, 17:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "A Long...

The Oscar-nominated directors depict four cases from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission implemented between 1996 and 1998 as a part of the government’s conciliatory policies....

Nozinja

30.08.2014, 22:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Concert by "Nozinja...

Shangaan Electro, the electronic dance sensation that grew around extravagant producer and entertainer Nozinja has long enjoyed something of a cult status—and not only in...

Mandela the myth and me

30.08.2014, 20:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Nelson...

Khalo Matabane questions his childhood hero, Nelson Mandela, pictures of whom were officially forbidden at the time. Although raised to idealize Mandela without reservation, the...

Felix

30.08.2014, 19:00 Windhoek

Screening of "Felix" by Roberta Durrant

14-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil’s music. When Felix leaves his township friends to...

Layla Fourie

30.08.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Layla Fourie"

Layla, a single mother, gets a job in a lie-detector company and hopes all will be better for herself and her son. When she hits a man with her car and flees the scene, she soon...

Behind the Rainbow

29.08.2014, 21:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Behind the...

Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma are the most prominent figures in the ANC. In exile they were brothers in arms, and during Mandela’s presidency they worked together to build an...

Minors Shot Down

29.08.2014, 19:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Miners Shot...

August 2012: Escalating police violence during the seventh day of a miners’ strike leads to the “Massacre of Marikana.” Thirty-four workers died and many more were injured. Rehad...

Antjie Krog

29.08.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Poetry Reading by Antjie...

In her Poetry Reading with the title "Belonging to the Voices Who Live in It", the poet, writer and journalist Antjie Krog focuses on her home country South Africa:...

29.08.2014, 16:00 Berlin

Migrationsrat Berlin-Brandenburg e.V....

Am 7. März 2004 wurde der Migrationsrat Berlin-Brandenburg unter der Mitwirkung von über 60 Migrant_innenselbstorganisationen (MSO) gegründet. Seitdem hat er als einmalige...

Otelo Burning

29.08.2014, 10:00 Berlin

Cooperation: School Screening of "Otelo...

Screening and discussion for school classes with Stefanie Schlüter and Thabo Thindi. Durban 1989: For sixteen-year-old Otelo Buthelezi and his friends from a township, surfing is...

Pumla Gqola

29.08.2014, 10:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Symposium "South Africa:...

On Friday, 29 August 2014 from 10h00 a.m., a Symposium featuring prominent intellectuals and analysts from South Africa and Germany will debate different aspects of the following...

Otelo Burning

28.08.2014, 22:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Screening of "Otelo...

Durban 1989: For sixteen-year-old Otelo Buthelezi and his friends from a township, surfing is the greatest—it represents freedom and a possible means of escaping everyday poverty...

28.08.2014, 20:00 Berlin

Cooperation: Concert by South African...

Hugh Masekela is considered one of the most important jazz musicians in South Africa. His greatest successes include “Grazing in the Grass” (1968) and the song “Bring Him Back...

Njabulo S Ndebele

28.08.2014, 18:00 Berlin

Cooperation:" Goodbye Sandton, Hello...

The "20 Years of Democracy" Festival will be opened bya keynote by Njabulo S Ndebele, with simultaneous translation into German, followed by a talk with Barbara...

28.08.2014, 08:00 Douala

Commémoration du refus de corruption et...

Jeudi 28 août 1884 : Lock Priso/Kum’a Mbape, « Janea Lasam » des Bele Bele à Hickory Town (Bonabéri), refuse aux Allemands l’annexion de son territoire Jeudi 28 août...

25.08.2014, Berlin

Cooperation: "Exile Faces" by Thabo Thindi

Apartheid forced a number of South Africans into exile, and some sought refuge in the former divided Germany especially in the East. Many returned home after the collapse of...

Fest zur Umbenennung der berliner M-Str.

23.08.2014, 14:00 Berlin

1. Fest zur Umbenennung der Berliner...

Am 23. August 2014, dem Internationalen Tag zur Erinnerung an den Handel mit Versklavten und an seine Abschaffung, veranstalten wir in Berlin-Mitte das 1. Fest zur Umbenennung der...

23.08.2014, 13:00 Berlin

Stadtrundgang: Frauen im Kolonialismus

Nirgendwo in der Hauptstadt lassen sich mehr Spuren des Kolonialismus finden als in Berlin-Mitte. Nahezu unsichtbar ist in diesem Zusammenhang die Rolle von Frauen. Die Tour von...

22.08.2014, Berlin-Neukölln

SAVVY Contemporary: On Regugeeness II

The Art Space SAVVY offers activists, artists, philosophers and lawyers, who were active in solidarity with the refugee protests since 2012 a weekend of debates, workshops and...

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