African Encounters – Films and Dialogues on Resistance and Activism
▪️ THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD (DE, UG, US, ZA 2025) by Patience Nitumwesiga (
@nitumwesiga )
▪️ ENOUGH IS ENOUGH (CD, FR 2026) by Elisé Sawasawa (
@elisesawasawa )
▪️ THE PEOPLE SHALL (KE 2025) by Mark Maina (
@_mark_maina ) and Nick Wambugu
🔸 AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS PANEL DISCUSSION: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! In a panel discussion following the film THE PEOPLE SHALL, we invite the Munich audience to engage in a dialogue with filmmakers Mark Maina, Patience Nitumwesiga as well as protagonist Dr. Stella Nyanzi (
@stellanyanzi ) and expert Maria Klatte.
Sunday, 10 May, 16.30 | HFF - Kino 1
🔸AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS SPECIAL: WIM WENDERS AND KING AMPAW | Wim Wenders and King Ampaw will each present one of their films and engage in a dialogue with one another as well as with current students Kokutekeleza Musebeni (
@koku_musebeni )(HFF München,
@hffmuenchen ) and Joanna Adu-Amoani (UniMAC-IFT,
@unimac.ift ), initiated and curated by Jacqueline Nsiah (
@yaa.abrefi ).
Sunday, 10 May, 19.30 | HFF - Audimax
🔸 African Encounters & BIPOC EURODOC Meet DOK.forum: A think tank in which we exchange ideas on filmmaking in the Global South.
Friday, 8 May, 14.30 | HFF - Seminarraum 2
Check out the full programme on our website (link in Bio) 👀
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