Operation Namibia
In the organizer's words:
Operation Namibia
Martin Paret, DE 2023, 93 min, English original language
In 1976, a group of white left-wing activists buy a sailing boat in England to sail to Namibia for several months. The young crew's mission: to initiate nothing less than a non-violent revolution in the apartheid system of the country occupied by South Africa. On board are 6,000 banned books, a lot of idealism and time. Based on the crew's correspondence with the organization's offices in Philadelphia and London, the film cleverly and humorously tells of the progress and failure of the attempt at philanthropic activism, self-organization and all its interpersonal limitations. 'Operation Namibia' is a polyphonic odyssey between letters, photos and Super8 film, which not least speaks of the naive belief in international solidarity of the 1970s.
Guest: Martin Paret
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