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| Imagine that your parents are white but your skin colour is dark and they tell you that 's pure coincidence. This is what happened to a girl in East Berlin in the 1960s. Years before, a group of African men came to study in a village nearby. Here the East German woman Sigrid falls in love with Lucien from Togo and gets pregnant. But she is already married to Armin. The child is filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain. Meeting her stepfather Armin and others from her childhood years, she tracks the astonishing strategies of denial her parents and the surroundings had developed. In an intimate portrayal but also critical exploration she brings together painful and confusing childhood memories with matter-of-fact accounts that testify a culture of rejection and tight-lipped denial. Yet, the movingly warm encounters with her Togolese family develop Becoming Black also into a reflection on themes such as identity, social norms and family ties, seen from a very personal perspective. |
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| Sebastian Steudtner rides monster waves from Hawaii to Portugal. He holds the world record for the biggest wave ever surfed and has won the award for the biggest wave of the year three times. But Steudtner's success is also one of the most unlikely stories in all of professional sports - as rare and improbable as the giant swells he rides. Part intimate portrait, part thrill ride, "On the Wave" tells the gripping story of a kid from land-locked Europe who defied the odds to become one of the most notable surfers of his generation. Through a mix of intimate interviews, verité scenes, and personal archive as well as stunning cinematography, this action-packed documentary allows viewers to dive deep into the world of big wave surfing. |
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