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.

We warmly invite you to attend the film screening and public round table with film directors Dr. Joseph S. Jean, Yohannes Mekonnen, as well as curators Dr. Beatrix Hoffmann-Ihde and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter. The audience is warmly invited to join the discussion and share drinks at the finissage reception!
We will be screening two films by Haitian archaeologist Sony Jean and the Global Heritage Lab’s Visual Anthropology Fellow Yohannes Mulat Mekonnen.