Togoland Projektionen

Silent film pioneer and “Africa explorer” Hans Schomburgk shot adventure and documentary films in the former German “model colony” of Togo around 1910, shaped by a colonial perspective. More than 100 years later, director Jürgen Ellinghaus travels with a mobile cinema to the original filming locations to explore, together with Togolese audiences, the historical context of the film images and the impact of colonialism.

Film discussion with
Jürgen Ellinghaus, director
Larissa Förster, Director of Weltkulturenmuseum Frankfurt
Mèhèza Kalibani, Curator for Colonial Past and Postcolonial Present @ Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg (invited)
Marianne Spohner, naxos.Kino