25.09. | 21:00 – 22:30 THE STUART HALL PROJECT Dir. John Akomfrah (2013, UK, 98min) Synopsis: Stuart Hall is one of the most influential and esteemed cultural theorists of a generation. A thinker and commentator, his peers include other giants of political commentary such as Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag, Alan Ginsberg, Michel Foucault and Gore Vidal. …
26.09. | 16:00-16:45 JOHNNY PITTS „On Afropean Culture“ I spent five months traveling through Europe on trains, searching for an alternative side of the continent, not offered in the tourist literature of its cities. Mine was a search for ‚Afropea‘, the land of 2nd, 3rd and fourth generation children of immigrants, too indelibly connected…
27.09. | 16:15-17:00 HANNAH POOL „My Fathers‘ Daughter : A story of family, feminism and belonging“ In this event, Eritrean born journalist, author and curator Hannah Pool will read extracts from her book My Fathers‘ Daughter, and talk about the joys and challenges of being a diaspora feminist returning home. Hannah’s talk will focus on questions of…
