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22Feb

The reality of queer Black girls in South Africa – an interview with Sandulela Asanda about her film Black Burns Fast

A few days after the premiere of Black Burns Fast, Sarah and I have the opportunity to sit down with director Sandulela Asanda and chat about her film and the state of racism and homophobia in South Africa today. Having experienced South Africa as white Europeans several times over the last years, we feel privileged to discuss Sandulela’s perspective on her home country as a queer Black South African woman. Sandulela Asanda, © Felix Seuffert fGR: To start us off, could you please tell us a bit about how you experienced growing up with racism in South Africa and how things may have changed over time? Sandulela Asanda: The end of apartheid was the end of racial segregation, and opened up a lot of avenues and access for Black people, including economically. At the same time, even 30 years...

On Families Breaking Apart – an Interview with director Mees Peijnenburg

20Feb

By Konstantin and SarahNo Comments

Interview

On Families Breaking Apart – an Interview with director Mees Peijnenburg

Mees Peijnenburg is presenting his new feature A Family at this year’s Berlinale. The seasoned Generation director has come back to Berlin a fourth time to tell the Story of two siblings that bear witness to an emotional divorce by their parents. The film is split in three chapters, displaying the same events from the view of the 14 year old brother and the 17 year old sister as well as a reckoning about their shared trauma. Generation Reports (FGR): We’ve read that you’ve always wanted to tell a story about a family breaking apart. We’ve had a true intimate connection to you film. How do you connect with this story? Mees Peijnenburg: A Family started from a very personal point of view; my parents separated when I was young, and I always wanted to explore what that fracturing does to...

20Feb

By Sarah, Amaru Jarrín and Hannah EverittNo Comments

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Improv, Openness and Spirituality – An Interview with Fernanda Tovar, the director of “Chicas Tristes”

„Chicas Tristes“ by Fernanda Tovar in this year’s 14Plus competition follows two girls on their journey to realize and cope with the sexual assault against one of them. After the film had premiered on the first Saturday of the Berlinale, some members of Generation Reports (fGR) had sat down to discuss the film. We all had been shaken and moved by the film. Meeting up with the director of the film, Fernanda Tovar, a few days later opened up new perspectives on this debut feature film. fGR: I've read somewhere that it took you seven years to write the book. With it being such a sensitive topic, how do you deal with something like that, that is so intense and hurtful, over such a long time, without breaking, but still conveying hope through the film? Fernanda Tovar: I broke a lot o...