“Namibia – the Forgotten Colony”, The Project Room, Windhoek, 8 & 10.10.2023

Organised by Frieda Lühl and Lascandra Coetzee. Sound technician: Ambambi Alweendo. In conversation with Mwalengwa Hillebrecht, Hildegard Titus, Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, Werner Hillebrecht, Napandulwe Shiweda, Nashilongo and Vilho Shivute, Nesindano Namises, Actofel Ilovu, Lavinia Kapewasha, Tuli Mekondjo, Elsemi Olwage. Afrika Pinike, Maria Carey, Saima Iita, Loini Iizyenda, Lamech Mwanyangapo, Petrus Shiimi, Stefan Horn, Tombi Karosa Ekandjo and others.
Photos: Ngen Films.

Screening of two East German TV documentaries by Dr Sabine Katins, shot in Namibia in 1975. “Wer fürchtet sich vorm schwarzen Mann” and “Wenn Sie mich finden, werde ich nicht weinen” were found at the German Broadcasting Archives. Both films had been dubbed in German for East German TV audiences. For these first Namibian audience presentations digitized documentaries were subtitled into English.