Datum/Zeit
Date(s) - 29/05/2026
18:00
Veranstaltungsort
Lindower Str. 20/22, 13347 Berlin
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Lindower Str. 20/22, 13347 Berlin
Film Education: Unlearning the Colonial Gaze
Film screenings followed by a discussion with Dr. Vindhya Buthpitiya (University of St Andrews) and Reyazul Haque, M.Phil. (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
Organized by Ying Sze Pek, Johanna Függer-Vagts, and Tanya Talwar
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Films:
Buddhas im Dschungel (Buddhas in the Jungle)
Heinz Karl Heiland, Carl W. Tetting, Germany, 1933, 12 min. German with English subtitles
Indiens steinerne Wunder (India’s Stone Wonders)
Heinz Karl Heiland, Carl W. Tetting, Germany, 1933/34, 11 min. German with English subtitles
Kaschmir das Land über den Wolken (Kashmir the Land above the Clouds)
Heinz Karl Heiland, Carl W. Tetting, Germany, 1934, 11 min. German with English subtitles
Über “Song of Ceylon” von Basil Wright (On “Song of Ceylon” by Basil Wright)
Harun Farocki, Germany, 1975, 25 min. German with English subtitles
Reflecting distinctive approaches to film and education, the program juxtaposes Lehrfilme of the 1930s with an instance of postwar political filmmaking that treats film as a pedagogical tool. First, we explore how a forgotten filmmaker deployed a primitivizing gaze to depict people, “cultures”, and places in South Asia as seemingly stable units of inquiry for a German audience in the 1930s. How did ideological and political perspectives during the period shape these representational tropes and techniques? The second half of the program examines a postwar German filmmaker’s engagement and appropriation of colonial film in their work. At the time of “the long 1968’s” cultural upheavals, how did experimental filmmakers deconstruct prior colonial visions in their pedagogically minded films, and address new mediums such as television?
The evening marks the German premiere of Buddhas im Dschungel, an ethnographic film digitized as part of the BMFTR research project De:link//Re:link by Murnau Stiftung, in consultation with Johanna Függer-Vagts and Tanya Talwar.
Following the screening, Vindhya Buthpitiya will provide insights and perspectives on the films’ portrayals of Sri Lanka (virtually). Reyazul Haque will be joining us in Berlin to discuss the filmic aspects.
The film screening is open to all interested. For further information visit:
https://sinematranstopia.com/de/retake/film-education-unlearning-the-colonial-gaze
https://sinematranstopia.com/en/retake/film-education-unlearning-the-colonial-gaze
