Films by Appolain Siewe

2023, 82 min
by Appolain Siewe (Appolain)

In 2013, the young journalist and gay rights activist Eric Lembembe was murdered in Cameroon. While the film-maker addresses his own homophobic upbringing, the film reveals Lembembe’s murder was no isolated case.In 2013, the young journalist Eric Lembembe was murdered in Cameroon. He was tortured and beaten to death because he was gay and had fought for gay rights. Shocked by this gruesome murder in his home country, film-maker Appolain Siewe sets off for Cameroon to find out more about the situ

Germany 2013, 67 min
by Appolain Siewe (Appolain)

Scarcely a so many nationalities to be found together in the same day-care center: fifty percents with and the other fifty without immigration background. Also scarcely are parent so involves and present in the life of a day-care center as that of the Karl-Schraderstrasse in the neighborhood of Schöneberg. Already in the 80s the center steam developed the initiative “Project week” within which children learn to know other cultures and nations better; A model that not only support the educational