At the Crossroads
(KAHAN KA RAASTA)
Savyasachi Anju Prabir
India 2017 | 48 min | engl. subtitled
India 2017 | 48 min | engl. subtitled
Tue, 28-May-19 01:00 PM
Sun, 02-Jun-19 03:30 PM

“I can’t be certain what will happen with this dignity in you when you decide to come, too.” In his auto-ethnographic film EMAILS TO MY LITTLE SISTER, the Ethiopian director Solomon A. Mekonen reflects on his experience of “becoming black” in Berlin. Concerned about his sister’s wish to further her education in Germany, he describes the shift in the way he is seen through the white gaze.
The film combines his theoretical approach with images of his sister’s life in Ethiopia. From a personal as well as academic point of view, the filmmaker investigates the effects colonialism has on their lives in both countries.