PAUL THOMAS Activist Lawyer TRAILER Generation Repair Namibia Germany
Channel: AFROTAK TV cyberNomads
Date: 11/03/2024

PAUL THOMAS Activist Lawyer TRAILER Generation Repair Namibia Germany
“Generation Repair. Transnational Dialogues Namibia - Germany” 
Film premiere at the Museum Neukölln on 24.02.2024, 15.30 h – 18.00 h.
Namibia - Germany 2024. 

The descendants of the victims of the genocide are still fighting for recognition and reappraisal of the historical circumstances. After the extermination order in German colonized Southwest Africa, colonial troops killed, poisoned water holes, and raped in between 1904 and 1908; survivors were enslaved in concentration camps performing forced labor under deadly conditions while the German state sized ancestral lands. Around 80% of the Ovaherero and 50% of the Nama - a total of up to 100,000 people were murdered and human remains shipped to Germany. 

The UN Resolution 60/147 of 2005 entitles victims of crimes against humanity to reparations in the form of restitution, compensation, and rehabilitation. In 2015 rejecting trilateral negotiations with the descendants of the victims the German government entered bilateral talks with the Namibian government leading to a "Joint Declaration" in 2021. This declaration has met extensive protests from the victims´ communities claiming neglect of the UN resolutions´ call for reparations as the prescribed legal contemporary trauma management path. 

"Generation Repair - Transnational Dialogues Namibia - Germany" internationally premieres at Museum Neukölln as part of the current exhibition "BURIED MEMORIES. Dealing with Memory. The genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama". "Generation Repair" follows a decolonial aesthetic in giving voice to the context of these protests and listening to the omnipresence of shared Heritage and colonial trauma. Featuring community contributions from Windhoek, Otjinene, Swakopmund and Berlin Generation Repair resonates the perspective of the struggles of People of African Descent in Germany. 

"Generation Repair" will be shown in the presence of district councilor Karin Korte and the filmmakers Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi and Michael Küppers-Adebisi. The screening will be followed by a moderated discussion with Dr. Matthias Henkel, Head of the Department of Museum | City History | Culture of Remembrance. 

The film (approx. 120 min., ENGLISH, HERERO, NAMA) was made possible by funding from LEZ Berlin and Jugendamt Neukölln. In the final year of the UN Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024 - the film will be shown as part of Black History Month Berlin 2024 and in cooperation with the Initiative of Black People in Germany (isd).

The book will be available on site. TheBlackBook 2.0, Generation Repair. Transnational Dialogues Namibia Germany, editors: Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi & Michael Küppers-Adebisi, publisher: AFROTAK TV cyberNomads, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-9825249-0-0, 2023 

Press contact
AFROTAK TV cyberNomads, Adetoun Küppers-Adebisi 01784586430, Michael Küppers-Adebisi 01779357723 

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