Operation Namibia

by Martin Paret
  • 2023 ©ONGHA | KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne
  • 2023 ©ONGHA | KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne
  • 2023 ©ONGHA | KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne

    Synopsis

    Can books start a revolution? 1976, my uncle Hans boards an old fishing boat as a member of the left-wing activist group Operation Namibia. Their goal, to fight apartheid with 6000 banned books on board. But what was planned as a five-month journey, turns into a tragic odyssey. OPERATION NAMIBIA, a post-colonial experimental film that oscillates between written correspondence and original photographs.

    with: Hans Paret, Barry Considine, Jude Smith, Peter Ellis, Roy Purvis, Kenneth K. Martin, Monika Brandmair

    Festivals

    2023
    Newcomer Award Carte Blanche – 47 Duisburger Filmwoche
    2024
    21 dokumentarfilmwoche hamburg
    International German Ethnographic Film Festival
    11 dokKa Karlsruhe, Germany

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Martin Paret

    Score

    Elisabeth Coudoux, Will Saunders

    Editor

    Deborah Uhde

    DoP

    Kris Wood, Many More

    Sound Design

    Gerald Schauder