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FILMS & VIEWING

Black German stories, documentary voices and screen histories. Explore films from BGHRA programmes and a growing collection of related work.

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Browse newest first, or combine the filters below. Programme notes identify screenings, presentations, discussions and teaching selections. Artist filmographies extend the collection beyond BGHRA events.

Filmmakers in BGHRA programs & videos

Explore the people behind the films, with links to their conference context or BGHRA conversation. Films screened at a conference and filmmakers who participated in a conversation are identified separately below.

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Filter Black German filmmaking credits separately from Black German screen performances. A film can appear in both groups. “Classification pending” indicates that creator identity or role has not yet been verified. Film credits and source links identify each contribution.

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Films & featured viewing

Film years are shown below; event dates are identified separately. Posters and programme artwork are shown where available.

2014 · Documentary

Die Arier / The Aryans

Mo Asumang · Director / writer

Mo Asumang investigates racist ideology through encounters in Germany and the United States. Her documentary challenges the myths behind the term “Aryan” through direct conversation.

Directed and conceived by Mo Asumang. German theatrical release: 2014. Filmportal includes a trailer.

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Black German filmmaker

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2000 · Feature film

Zurück auf Los! / Return to Go!

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss · Director / writer

A tragicomedy about Sam, a Black East German singer, and a circle of friends negotiating love, illness and the creation of a chosen family in Berlin.

Written and directed by Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, who also plays Sam. Frameline’s 2000 festival archive documents the film and credits.

Black German filmmaker

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2007 · Short film

Beento

Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye · Director / writer

An autobiographical short about Sammy and Katharina, a Ghanaian man and a German woman who meet in the GDR in 1963. The film brings an intimate family perspective to Black German history and life in East Germany.

Written and directed by Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye. Her ifs graduation film, 2007; later shown in the compilation Am Ende kommt die Wende.

Black German filmmaker

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Emmett – Tief in meinem Herzen — official artwork

2022 · Film

Emmett – Tief in meinem Herzen

Lara-Sophie Milagro

Label Noir’s theatre film retells Emmett Till’s story through a Black German and Afrodiasporic ensemble.

HAU lists the theatre film as 2021/2022, with English subtitles and German Sign Language. This page refers to that version; the later feature project Emmett – German History X is a separate production in progress.

Trailer in German Sign Language

HAU / Label Noir

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Nulpen / Slackers — official artwork

2025 · Feature film

Nulpen / Slackers

Lara-Sophie Milagro

Two school-leaving friends drift through a Berlin summer and encounter questions of friendship, climate anxiety and belonging. Milagro plays Pfarrerin Eazy Jannek.

Film year: 2025. German theatrical release: 18 June 2026. Directed by Sorina Gajewski.

Trailer

UCM.ONE / Darling Berlin

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Das Geheimnis der gestohlenen Maske — official film poster

2026 · Feature film

Das Geheimnis der gestohlenen Maske

Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye

Featuring Malick Bauer and Lara-Sophie Milagro. Johanna and her friends investigate the disappearance of a Makonde mask connected to her grandfather’s family history.

Working title: Johanna und die Maske der Makonde. German cinema release: October 2026; filmed in 2025.

Trailer

Watch on YouTube · farbfilm verleih

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Relative Strangers — official Mu Films artwork

Work in progress · Documentary

Relative Strangers

Deann Borshay Liem

Mixed-race Korean adoptees trace original families through DNA, records and journeys shaped by the aftermath of the Korean War.

Mu Films identifies this documentary as a work in progress. A release year and general viewing availability have not been announced on the official project page.

Project preview

Watch on YouTube · Mu Films

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Artist filmographies

Explore additional film, television, series and voice credits for Malick Bauer, Tyron Ricketts and Lara-Sophie Milagro. Dates in this section are the years listed by the credited sources and may refer to production rather than release.

2016

Farbenblind

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Mutter Millerin. Directed by Manuel Renken.

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2015

Die Bürgschaft

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Police officer with glasses. Directed by Kerstin Höckel.

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2013

Stung

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Female cop. Directed by Benni Diez.

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2025

Droneland

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Supporting role. Directed by Max Zähle and Felix Koch.

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2022

Echt

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Lana Danso. Directed by Berthold Wahjudi.

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2022

Jerks

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Pia. Directed by Christian Ulmen.

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2021

Der Greif

Lara-Sophie Milagro · Mutter Sara. Directed by Sebastian Marka.

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