Becoming Black

Becoming Black

2019
1h 31m
6.0

6.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin color is merely a coincidence. As a teenager, she accidentally discovers the truth. Years before, a group of African men came to study in a village nearby. Sigrid, an East German woman, fell in love with Lucien from Togo and became pregnant. But she was already married to Armin. The child is Togolese-East German filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain. In interviews with Armin and others from her childhood years, she tracks the astonishing strategies of denial her parents, striving for normality, developed following her birth. What sounds like fieldwork about social dislocation becomes an autobiographical essay film and a reflection on themes such as identity, social norms and family ties, viewed from a very personal perspective.

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Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
ZDF Kobalt Productions
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German French

Keywords

berlin, germany biography afro-german togo black perspective gdr

Quick Facts

Release Date October 9, 2019
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt13821322
Website Visit Site

Cast

Ines Johnson-Spain
Ines Johnson-Spain

Self

Armin Gundermann
Armin Gundermann

Self

Madeleine Papangou Johnson
Madeleine Papangou Johnson

Self

Germaine Papangou Johnson
Germaine Papangou Johnson

Self

Geneviève Papangou Johnson
Geneviève Papangou Johnson

Self

Irène Papangou Johnson
Irène Papangou Johnson

Self

Christel Anders
Christel Anders

Self

Werner Anders
Werner Anders

Self

Rosi Judisch
Rosi Judisch

Self

Christophe Kuessi Johnson
Christophe Kuessi Johnson

Self

Michael Gundermann
Michael Gundermann

Self

Raymond Johnson
Raymond Johnson

Self

Key Crew

Ines Johnson-Spain
Writer
Anahita Nazemi
Producer
Ines Johnson-Spain
Director
Katrin Sandmann
Executive Producer
Stefan Mathieu
Executive Producer