Am Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2013 um 19 Uhr lädt das Iwalewa Haus Bayreuth zur Filmvorführung des ersten Teils der Dokumentations-Trilogie "Cabralista" (OmU) in Anwesenheit des Regisseurs Valerio Lopes ein. Die auf drei Teile angelegte Dokumentation ist eine Hommage an das Leben und Werk des wohl bedeutendsten afrikanischen Freiheitskämpfers und Theoretikers des antikolonialen Kampfes, Amilcar Cabral, der am 20.…

After its outstanding debut last year, this new edition of the series BLACK EUROPE BODY POLITICS is expanding with live performances and an all-day screening commemorating Malcolm X´s birthday. The Festival will take place from 19-23 May at Hackesche Höfe Kino and Ballhaus Naunynstraße in cooperation with AfricAvenir and Heinrich Böll Stiftung.nDECOLONIZING THE “COLD” WAR is the…

On Sunday, 19 May 2013 at 16h45, AfricAvenir, Art Labour Archives and Ballhaus Naunynstraße, on the occasion of Malcolm X’s birthday, invite you to the Screening Session “Malcolm’s Brothers” at Hackesche Höfe Kino. Historical entanglements and oral and physical archival materials are central to this session. Black Internationalism and global uprisings during the “Cold” War…

On Sunday, 19 May 2013 at 15h00, AfricAvenir, Art Labour Archives and Ballhaus Naunynstraße invite you to the German Premiere of “We are like Oranges” in Presence of Director Cecilia Gärding at Hackesche Höfe Kino. Developed as part of the student Eleza project promoting the participation of Afro-Swedish youth in development in Sweden and based…

On Sunday, 19 May 2013 at 12h00, AfricAvenir, Art Labour Archives and Ballhaus Naunynstraße invite you to the screening of the multiple award winning documentary “Cuba: An African Odysee” by acclaimed Egyptian filmmaker Jihan El Tahri at Hackesche Höfe Kino. From Che Guevara’s tragicomic epic in the Congo up to the triumph of the “Battle…

On Sunday, 19 May 2013 at 10h30, AfricAvenir, Art Labour Archives and Ballhaus Naunynstr. invite you to the screening of the short selection “Rain Queens – Diaspora Filmmakers on Top”. From abstract depictions of revolutionary struggle and civil disobedience to re-enactments of diasporic queer ancestral legacies, this session offers an insight into the radical imagination…

On Friday, 3 May 2013 at 8 p.m. AfricAvenir presents the Berlin Premiere of the acclaimed Rwandan drama "Grey Matter" by Director Kivu Ruhorahozas at Hackesche Höfe Kino. "Grey Matter" shows the story of the young Rwandan filmmaker Balthazar who wants to realize his first project – "The cycle of the cockroach". It’s a fictional…

On Sunday, 21 April 2013, 17:00, AfricAvenir is inviting you to the German premiere of the documentary „L’identité Nationale“ (Original French Version with English Subtitles) with director Valérie Osouf at Hackesche Höfe cinema. For more than 30 years, a public discourse defined by racist resentments has influenced the public debate about immigration and identity in…

On Thursday, 11th April 2013 at 8 p.m. AfricAvenir presents the German Premiere of the South African documentary "The Cradock Four" with Director David Forbes in attendance. “The Cradock Four” reconstructs the story of one of Apartheid’s murkiest and most controversial episodes – the targeted killing of one of the leading figures of Eastern Cape anti-Apartheid resistance Matthew Goniwe and three comrades.…

On Sunday, 24th March 2013, 5 pm AfricAvenir presents Uwe Jansons‘ film "On the Inside" at Hackesche Höfe Kino. "On the Inside" tells the story of Arusha Ntarama, who lost everything in a massacre in Nyankunde, Congo – her dignity, her husband, her children. At the event of Simon Taylor, Minister for Economic Development in the…