Cinema
African Mirror
a documentary by Mischa Hedinger
Switzerland 2019, OV with English subtitles, 84 min.
Trailer
Synopsis:
Swiss citizen René Gardi (1909–2000) was regarded as one of the foremost Africa experts. In numerous books, TV programmes and films he told his audience of pretty naked savages and the pre-modern times in which they purportedly lived. Mischa Hedinger arranges materials from Gardi’s archive, combines the images with excerpts from newspaper articles and passages from his notebooks. This way the director proves in a wonderfully pointed manner how much the process of image-making can be a form of colonialism, and not only casts our view of Africa into doubt but our European self-image as well.
This event takes place as part of the exhibition gestures of archiving.
Start: 7pm, free choice of seats
Admission free!
No prior registration needed.
Image © African Mirror
