The Ethnological Museum and museum of Asian Art of Berlin presents 16 films made between 1914 and 2022 dedicated to the topic of „collaboration“ in the history of ethnographic film, examined from multiple perspectives and film genres.

Can films, gazes, images be restituted? What forms of collaboration or “shared histories” can exist in ethnographic film? What new approaches can be used to open up a collaborative examination of the colonial legacy of the archives and a new dialogue with various actors, filmmakers and Indigenous communities?

The film series addresses these current discourses of decolonisation and participation in knowledge and transformation processes in close collaboration with Indigenous filmmakers and archives worldwide.

Official Event Trailer made for the outreach program.

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