Film screening and public round table with Dr. Joseph S. Jean, Yohannes Mekonnen, Dr. Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter
How can film help us see histories that have long been hidden — from the forced labour on indigo plantations in Haiti to the influence of Christian missions on fashion in Namibia and Jamaica? Beyond documenting the past, film can challenge dominant narratives, unearth silenced voices, and spark new ways of thinking about heritage, memory, and Afro-Indigenous knowledge.
This special evening celebrates the finissage of the BCDSS exhibition Enmeshed and Entwined: Fabrics of Dependency.
Films: Dressing Resistance, 2025, 12 mins; The koutodigo: What a Tool Tells Us About Haitian Colonial History and Asymmetrical Dependency, 2024, 9 mins.