FILM: "Deutsch sein und schwarz dazu" Cineastische Hommage an Theodor Wonja Michael

In the organizer's words:

An accompanying event as part of the exhibition "The Third World in the Second World War" of the NS-Dok

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Until his death in 2019, Theodor Wonja Michael was one of the most
the best-known personalities of the Black People's Movement
in Germany. Born in Berlin on January 15, 1925 as the son of a Cameroonian
and his German wife in Berlin, he already had to perform as a child in
to perform in "Völkerschauen" and take part in colonial propaganda films during the Nazi era. Imprisoned in a labor camp near Berlin in 1943, he was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. Even in the post-war period, he had difficulties supporting his family as a black actor.
Theodor Wonja Michael organized the (exhibition) project "The
Third World in the Second World War" from the very beginning and
events in Cologne and other cities about his eventful life.
his eventful life at events in Cologne and other cities. He was also the protagonist in several documentaries that were shown at the Cologne Africa Film Festival,
for which he took over the patronage in 2017. At the cinematic
tribute, excerpts from these films will be presented, memories of his life will be recited and his estate will be presented.

Guests: Katharina Oguntoye (fellow campaigner in the movement
Black People's Movement in Germany) | Bebero Lehmann (employee of the
of the DOMiD, which has taken over part of his estate)
| Glenda Obermuller (Theodor Wonja Michael Library) | Carla de
Andrade Hurst (Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland - ISD
Bund e.V.)

In cooperation with: Afrika Film Festival Köln / FilmInitiativ Köln e.V.; DOMiD e.V. (Documentation Center
and Museum on Migration in Germany); Sonnenblumen
Community Development Group e.V.; Theodor Wonja Michael Library; Black History
Month Cologne; Friedensbildungswerk Köln; Köln im Film e.V.; Eine Welt Netz NRW; Initiative
Black People in Germany - ISD Bund e.V.; Allerweltshaus Köln e.V.