Films by Johannes Preuss

Germany 2021, 94 min
by Johannes Preuss, Marius Brüning

José is born on the floor of a mud hut in a Bolivian mountain village. He is the fourth child of a herdswoman. A few month later he arrives at the house of his adoptive family in Germany. José Noé Estrada becomes Manuel Phillip Sosnowski. 30 years later he makes the journey back into his mother's country for the first time in his life. A film about the search for belonging.

Germany 2020, 65 min
by Johannes Preuss

"The second largest film industry in the world" (UNESCO) is called Nollywood and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. The industry is famous for fast produced low-budget films sold on street markets across Africa. In recent years, however, the industry is changing. The Internet offers easy access to worldwide distribution and multiplex cinemas sprout in Africa's mega cities. The bustling industry draws a unique mix of artists and businessmen to Lagos.  Director Abba Makama dreams of an intellectual cinem

Germany 2017, 28 min
by Johannes Preuss

A Documentary about illegal gold business in West Africa.What does it mean for residents of a small town in Ghana to live on top of a huge gold deposit? As a young development worker the narrator experienced a gold rush in asmall town in Ghana. Years later he returns to investigate what the gold really means for residents of this town. On his journey he meets old friends, arrives at places of destruction and learns about a dangerous magnetism between people and gold.A bloody conflict broke out i