THE THOUGHTS OF OUR ANCESTORS
Germany 2024 – Director: Kokutekeleza Musebeni – Original language: German – Subtitles: English – Length: 29 min.
In a distant future free from war and discrimination, a young black woman receives memories from our present. She must decide if she wants to inherit her ancestors’ trauma or erase it. A hybrid film journey between Afrofuturist science fiction and a documentary narrative that tells the life story of the director Kokutekeleza Musebeni, the child of a German and a Tanzanian. Past, present and future intertwine in this short film experiment. A science fiction road movie that was a semi finalist in the 2024 Student Academy Award for Documentary. Jan Sebening
Content warning: This film contains explicit descriptions of suicidal thougths and flashing effects.
We are showing this film together with READY TO DIE, ACCIDENTAL ANIMALS and SO IST DAS LEBEN UND NICHT ANDERS in the short film reel DOK.fest SHORTS.
Biografy
Kokutekeleza Musebeni has been working as a presenter and author for ARD and as a foreign correspondent for ZDF since 2011. During her studies in documentary film directing at the HFF Munich, she has always focused on Afro-futuristic experiments alongside classic formats.
Filmografy (selection)
THE THOUGHTS OF OUR ANCESTORS, DE 2024, 29 min. (Hybridfilm)
THE DOOR OF RETURN, DE 2021, Kurzfilm (Hybridfilm)
STRONG HAIR, DE 2019, Kurzfilm
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
No youth rating
Writer: Beatrix Rinke, Kokutekeleza Musebeni, Lara Milena Brose. Camera: Moritz Dehler, Kokutekeleza Musebeni. Sound: Andrew Mottl (Sounddesign). Editing: Lara Milena Brose. Music: Ralph Heidel. Production: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München. Producer: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München. International Sales: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München.
