Movie Description
Becoming Black
(2019)Overview
In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin color is merely a coincidence. As a teenager, she accidentally discovers the truth. Years before, a group of African men came to study in a village nearby. Sigrid, an East German woman, fell in love with Lucien from Togo and became pregnant. But she was already married to Armin. The child is Togolese-East German filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain. In interviews with Armin and others from her childhood years, she tracks the astonishing strategies of denial her parents, striving for normality, developed following her birth. What sounds like fieldwork about social dislocation becomes an autobiographical essay film and a reflection on themes such as identity, social norms and family ties, viewed from a very personal perspective.
Featured Crew
- Director : Ines Johnson-Spain
- Producer : Anahita Nazemi
- Writer : Ines Johnson-Spain
- Editor : Yana Höhnerbach
- Cast : Ines Johnson-Spain,Armin Gundermann,Madeleine Papangou Johnson,Germaine Papangou Johnson,Geneviève Papangou Johnson,Irène Papangou Johnson,Christel Anders,Werner Anders,Rosi Judisch,Christophe Kuessi Johnson,Michael Gundermann,Raymond Johnson,Perpétue Johnson,Asiaba Johnson,Gisela Mwaungulu,Ernst Hoffmann,Robert Kuessi Johnson,Ruben Kweku Dabam Johnson,Gisele Hountondji,Gabriel Ampah Johnson,Jacqueline Agbokou,Felicia Johnson,Philipe Dütsch,Julius Hensel,Benino Eßling,Cécile Dütsch,Louisa Schirner,Mario Hensel
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Facts
Original TitleBecoming Black
Status Released
Release Information
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2019-10-09
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 31m
Homepagehttps://kobalt.de/portfolio-item/becoming-black-2020/
Production CompaniesZDF,Kobalt Productions
Genres
- Documentary
