In eigener Regie - Muscheln, Müll, Mangroven

In the organizer's words:

Nature and the environment: Whether children from Peru, Venezuela or Germany - the topic of environmental protection concerns many children around the world. Polluted beaches, dying plants or animal species cause fear and demand solutions.

In their films, the children show you what role nature plays in their home countries and why it is important to look after the environment.

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 how food is made in their home towns, how games are played and how local traditions or 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 moderator 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 different 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 equitable representation of all urban and rural communities across the communicative and social spectrum. Back in 2017, when the Humboldt Forum was still under construction, Docuperu representatives came to Berlin to present some of their short films at an event on the construction site. In 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. Docuperu's artistic aspirations, but above all their socio-political efforts, are impressive and 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.

Further information: The films will be shown in German dubbing. Location: Room 3. price: 3,00 EUR /1,50 EUR. From 6 years