WHO CARED - Genvrationengespräch über Heimat und Care-Migration mit Tanzperformance und Film-Screening

In the organizer's words:

In the 1960s/70s, thousands of young women from Kerala in southern India came to Germany to work as nurses. Their life stories shaped German history, but were invisible for a long time. The online archive "WHO CARED" brings them into the public eye. The former nurses are interviewed by their children, who were born and grew up in Germany. What boundaries does migration draw between the experiences of two generations? What aspirations shape them? How do they view nursing then and now? Retired nurse Annamma Kalluparackal talks to her son Manoj Kurian Kallupurackal about the legacy of migration and care between Germany and India.

The talk will be framed by two performances that deal artistically with this special history of migration:

Reena Pathros is a dancer and choreographer. Her mother came from Kerala as a nurse. In her performance, she combines her artistic work with questions of migration, care and memory in a special way.

Swiss-Indian filmmaker Nevin George will be showing his short film "Mary": "An Indian nurse in Switzerland receives an invitation from a doctor to a Christmas party, where she meets Edi. As she tries to come to terms with her burgeoning feelings, Mary is tormented by the looming prospect of an arranged marriage waiting for her at home."

The event is part of the "Longings and Belongings" series of events at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus.

https://www.dhaus.de/programm/a-z/longings-and-belongings/