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Consultations – Documentary Works from Past and Present (3)

Operation Namibia

Filmstill from OPERATION NAMIBIA: A group of people are standing on a sailing ship. They look happy and are holding a flag in blue and yellow and a red sailing ship.

Wed 03.07.
19:00

  • Director

    Martin Paret

  • Germany / 2023
    93 Min. / DCP / Original version with German subtitles

  • Original language

    English

  • Cinema

    Arsenal 1

    zu den Ticketszu dem Kalender

  • Introduction: Alexander Scholz, Followed by a discussion with Martin Paret, Moderation: Aurora Rodonò

OPERATION NAMIBIA shows photos and short films of an international group who set sail from Portsmouth in England to Walvis Bay in Namibia in 1976. Thousands of banned books were intended to help bring peace to Namibia. In the voiceover, letters and diary entries reveal the conditions, frustrations, and dangers of the voyage as it progresses. The expectations of those who stayed at home and the experiences of the crew become skewed. The strategies of protest themselves are scrutinized: can books trigger a revolution? (as)

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media