Sarah Maldoror. Kontext Vol. 4

In June, a comprehensive retrospective of Sarah Maldoror (1929–2020), one of the pioneers of African and Afro-diasporic cinema, was the focus of a week-long programme at SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA. Sarah Maldoror. Kontext continues between October to December 2024 with an extended focus on (post)migrant and diasporic realities of our time.

The final installment is dedicated to Black German realities and perspectives. At SİNEMA TRANSTOPIA, we present The Homes We Carry – a portrait of a family torn apart by the vicissitudes of world history, between Germany, Mozambique and South Africa – with a conceptual foreword and an alternative Q&A by students from the Berlin University of the Arts. (SMK)

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.

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.

Gaby Babić, born in 1976 in Frankfurt am Main, is a cultural worker and program curator. She directs the Kinothek Asta Nielsen and Remake: Frankfurter Frauen Film Tage (Frankfurter Women’s Film Days). Her work focusses on film and history, critical theory, migration, Eastern European cinema, feminist film work, anti-racism and anti-fascism.