A NOS MORTS (DIE VERGESSENEN BEFREIER) -HIPHOP-TANZTHEATER aus Frankreich

In the organizer's words:

Original version in French, Arabic & Wolof with German surtitles, 85 min.

The hip-hop dance theater commemorates the colonial soldiers who had to fight under French command in the First and Second World Wars. The contemporary means used in the production include break-dance and graffiti, videos with archive footage and statements by contemporary witnesses on a large screen, live singing and impressive choreography.

The Compagnie Mémoires Vives first developed the piece in 2007 with young people from the banlieues of Strasbourg, whose fathers and grandfathers fought as colonial soldiers in Alsace and remained there after the end of the war. For the presentation in May 2025, the play was restaged with actors from North and West Africa as well as from France.

The performances are a spectacular highlight at the end of the long-term project "The Third World in the Second World War" and at the same time a prologue to the africologne theater festival, which will take place from June 11 to 22, 2025.

In cooperation with:

africologne - Festival of African Arts; Afrika Film Festival Köln / FilmInitiativ Köln e.V.; Friedensbildungswerk Köln; jfc - Medienzentrum (Cologne); Eine Welt Netz NRW; Bürgerzentrum Nippes - Altenberger Hof