Munich Filmmuseum hosts two screenings for decolonial memory project Sensing Sites

The Filmmuseum at St.-Jakobs-Platz 1 in Munich is hosting two film screenings, each followed by a discussion, as part of the project Sensing Sites – Decolonial Memory Search. More information on the project is available at https://go.muenchen.de/sensing-sites.

The first screening is on Thursday 29 October at 7pm and features the documentary Fasia – von trutzigen Frauen und einer Troubadora (Fasia – of defiant women and a troubadora). The director, Re Karen, and the film's producer, Gernot Steinweg, will attend and talk about the production. After the screening, Modupe Laja, a curator of Sensing Sites, will hold a discussion with Jasim Eding, a feminist grassroots activist in the Black movement and co-founder of the registered association ADEFRA – Black Women in Germany.

The second screening is on Thursday 19 November at 7pm and features Ciro Guerra's Colombian feature film El abrazo de la serpiente, shown under its German title Der Schamane und die Schlange (The Shaman and the Snake). Afterwards, Sarah Bergh, a curator of Sensing Sites, will speak with Biancka Arruda Miranda, an environmental and human rights activist and founder of the Mubuka Initiative.

Admission costs 5 euros, or 3 euros for members of the MFZ supporters' association. Tickets can be bought in advance at the box office or online. The box office opens 60 minutes before each screening, and reservations are not accepted.

The cinema is wheelchair accessible and is fitted with an induction loop for people with hearing impairments.