Film special: Soul of the dessert (2024) + Rough cut discussion

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🎬 Film Screening & Discussion Evening
Date: Friday, June 13, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM 
Location: Filmpalette, Lübecker Straße 15, 50668 Cologne

Join us for an engaging evening of film, reflection, and conversation hosted by HuCom in collaboration with Mission Positivity. This special event offers a platform for voices from rural Colombia and the Wayúu community to be heard through two powerful documentary films.

🗓 Program Overview

6:00 – 6:10 PM – Welcome & Introduction
The evening opens with a warm welcome and a short introduction to the program, its goals, and the partner organizations.

6:10 – 6:30 PM – Rough Cut Screening & Feedback Session
Get an exclusive preview of the upcoming documentary by Mission Positivity (release planned for September 2025).

🎥 About the Rough Cut: In the mountains of rural Colombia, far from the pace of urban life and conventional ideas of success, a simple question unfolds into something profound: What does it mean to be rich?  Told through the voices of children, mothers, farmers, and teachers, this documentary invites the audience into a quiet, powerful reflection. Through personal interviews, intimate moments, and stunning visuals of daily life, it opens a window into ways of living — and ways of valuing life — that may surprise, move, and challenge us. This is an invitation to listen deeply. To feel more. And to ask yourself: What makes a life truly rich?

6:30 – 7:57 PM – Feature Film: Alma del desierto / Soul of the Desert (2024)
In the arid landscapes of La Guajira, Colombia, Georgina, a transgender Wayúu woman in the third act of her life, knows that her time is running out and wants to change her existence. With nothing to lose, she sets out to meet her siblings, who don’t speak Spanish and barely survive on the fringes of the opaque Colombian bureaucratic system. Amid open wounds, memories, and unfathomable geographical and emotional distances, Georgina and her people agree that enough is enough. Alma del desierto emerges as a story of resilience, a symbol of hope, and a fervent struggle for justice. Directed by Mónica Taboada Tapia, 87-min.

8:00 – 8:30 PM – Open Discussion & Closing

After 9:00 PM – Drinks & Informal Networking
 

This evening is more than a film screening — it's an invitation to discuss how participatory storytelling can decolonize narratives, create agency, and engage in meaningful dialogue!

Preisinformation:

9 euro (1 Euro Rabat für ermäßigt)