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Becoming Black

Documentary

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin color is merely a coincidence. As a teenager, she accidentally discovers the truth. Years before, a group of African men came to study in a village nearby. Sigrid, an East German woman, fell in love with Lucien from Togo and became pregnant. But she was already married to Armin. The child is Togolese-East German filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain. In interviews with Armin and others from her childhood years, she tracks the astonishing strategies of denial her parents, striving for normality, developed following her birth. What sounds like fieldwork about social dislocation becomes an autobiographical essay film and a reflection on themes such as identity, social norms and family ties, viewed from a very personal perspective.

Date: 10/09/2019
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Ines Johnson-Spain, Armin Gundermann, Madeleine Papangou Johnson, Germaine Papangou Johnson, Geneviève Papangou Johnson, Irène Papangou Johnson, Christel Anders, Werner Anders, Rosi Judisch, Christophe Kuessi Johnson, Michael Gundermann, Raymond Johnson, Perpétue Johnson, Asiaba Johnson, Gisela Mwaungulu, Ernst Hoffmann, Robert Kuessi Johnson, Ruben Kweku Dabam Johnson, Gisele Hountondji, Gabriel Ampah Johnson, Jacqueline Agbokou, Felicia Johnson, Philipe Dütsch, Julius Hensel, Benino Eßling, Cécile Dütsch, Louisa Schirner, Mario Hensel

Ines Johnson-Spain

Armin Gundermann

Madeleine Papangou Johnson

Germaine Papangou Johnson

Geneviève Papangou Johnson

Irène Papangou Johnson

Christel Anders

Werner Anders

Rosi Judisch

Christophe Kuessi Johnson

Michael Gundermann

Raymond Johnson

Perpétue Johnson

Asiaba Johnson

Gisela Mwaungulu

Ernst Hoffmann

Robert Kuessi Johnson

Ruben Kweku Dabam Johnson

Gisele Hountondji

Gabriel Ampah Johnson

Jacqueline Agbokou

Felicia Johnson

Philipe Dütsch

Julius Hensel

Benino Eßling

Cécile Dütsch

Louisa Schirner

Mario Hensel