Location: Egypt/Germany; Language: German; Captions: English

schwarz (black) offers a glimpse into conversations amongst black Germans from Nuremberg, Bavaria. The film shows intimate conversations amongst 17 protagonists between the age of 16 and 31 who speak about their preferred self-definitions, their experiences with everyday racism and the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Do they feel represented and appreciated in German society? Who inspires them? What is it that makes them black, or Black? schwarz was made in the summer of 2020.

Crew Director: Amuna Wagner

DoP: Viola Karaalioglu, Tim Auzinger, Florian Weichelt

Camcorder: Alexander Sura

Sound recordist: Florian Weichelt

Editing, sound design and colour grading: Hannah Wolny

Set manager: Assumpta Munsi

Set photographer: Yael Wagner

Analog set photographer: Alexander Sura

Translation: Amuna Wagner

Main Creator/Producer: Kandaka (www.kandaka.blog)

Protagonists: Raffael, Jonathan, Amadou, Lena Mariama, Samuel, Melanie, Amina, Olivia, Rawan, Betiel, Helina, Luam, Sandra, Lukas, Moses, Sem

Music credits:

“Minimalist” by Beats by Con; “sumram” by Lukas Beda; “Remember” by Homage; “Lost time” by Prod. Riddiman; “Daisy” by Pink; “Crybaby” by khail; “Protest” by Beats by Con; “Black & Proud” by Ki’Luanda; “Dead and Gone” by Judah Jump; “Good Company” by SPVCEMAN; “Love Therapy” by Prod. eeryskies

Audio Descriptions by…. (writer, vocals, engineer)

British Sign Language Interpretation by…. (signer)

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