SARAH MALDOROR. KONTEXT

As the first comprehensive Berlin retrospective on Sarah Maldoror (1929-2020), the program invites you to get to know the life and work of this important pioneer of African and Afro-diasporic cinema. With over 40 films to her name, Maldoror remained, until recently, virtually unknown to the public. Through a mixture of films, music and discussions with invited guests, the program revolves around the central topoi of Maldoror's film practice: African liberation movements, the role of women, histories of slavery and colonialism, artists, especially surrealists, and négritude. Sarah Maldoror's revolutionary-decolonial work is contextualized in the post-migrant and diasporic present through Berlin associations, initiatives and university seminars. Sarah Maldoror. Kontext was curated in close collaboration with Maldoror's daughter, Annouchka de Andrade, who is working to preserve and share her mother's work. This is the first of a two part program which will continue in autumn/winter 2024. (GB)

In cooperation with Association of Friends of Sarah Maldoror & Mario de Andrade, JOLIBA - Interkulturelles, Netzwerk in Berlin e.V., Cinelogue, Seminar “Filmbildung: Sarah Maldoror. Context", UdK Berlin, Dr. Karina Griffith, Seminar ‘Between Antiracism and Anticolonialism’, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies, HU Berlin, Prof. Dr. Brigitta Kuster

Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Annouchka de Andrade has been working alongside her sister Henda Ducados and the "Association Friends of Sarah Maldoror & Mario de Andrade" to preserve and share the legacy of their parents - two people who fought for African independence and cultural emancipation.

Gaby Babić works as a programmer/cultural worker for various film festivals and cultural institutions, she is co-founder of Remake. Frankfurt Women’s Film Days and artistic director of the Kinothek Asta Nielsen in Frankfurt am Main.

Feven Haile is currently completing her master’s degree while working as a freelance cultural worker. She has worked in various roles for film festivals in the Rhine-Main area and was part of the selection committee of the Berlinale Forum in 2023.

Esra Kartal works as an independent cultural worker and has supported various projects such as the neighborhood project PS: fragile haYmat. She has worked for film festivals such as Remake. Frankfurter Frauen Film Tage and is the managing director of Cinemalovers e.V.

Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion