In eigener Regie - Gegrillter Fisch und Süßkartoffeln

In the organizer's words:

Catching fish and roasting potatoes: Grilled fish tastes good to many children, especially if you have caught it yourself like the Ye'kwana children.

They show you how they did it in their movie. Children from Papua New Guinea learn how to light a fire from palm leaves and roast sweet potatoes. And children from Cameroon show us how they cook their favorite dish.

TO THE SERIES : Playing with cars, building things, singing, laughing, learning - that's part of everyday life for many children in Berlin. But what about collecting firewood, catching fish or weaving baskets? Children from Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela and Peru have learned how to make films and portray their everyday lives in workshops. They show us how food is made in their home towns, how they play and how local traditions and crafts are practiced.

These films can be seen twice a month at the Humboldt Forum - in a children's cinema experience that provides insights into diverse ways of life. Three short films with a thematic focus are shown each time. A presenter guides the children through the afternoon. The films are not only exciting for children aged 6 and over, but also for their younger and older siblings, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends.

The following partners realized the films:

DOCUPERU is a non-profit organization that promotes, distributes and produces documentary films in various formats to support the democratization of communication and the development of national and international communities. The organization focuses on human relations and implementation processes to promote participatory and collaborative methodologies aimed at empowering the communities involved in the production of documentary material. Docuperu is committed to a more just, ecologically responsible, democratic and inclusive society in which citizens are actively involved in telling their own story.

Docuperu is convinced that proactive action and dialogic communication enable new forms of relationships between citizens. Docuperu strives for a fair representation of all urban and rural communities in the communicative and social spectrum.2017, when the Humboldt Forum was still under construction, representatives of Docuperu came to Berlin to present some of their short films at an event on the construction site.2019 we were able to accompany their "Caravan Documental" in northern Peru for a week, during which the films for "In eigener Regie" were made. We are impressed by Docuperu's artistic aspirations, but above all by their socio-political efforts, which make them a valued partner for our work. The films are not shown in the exhibition spaces, as they were only added to the series after the project had been conceived.

The event series takes place in cooperation with the Ethnological Museum Berlin.

- The films will be shown in German dubbing.

- Location: Room 3

- from 6 years