Films by Lena Karbe

Germany, France 2022, 81 min
by Lena Karbe

The Black Mambas are South Africa‘s first all-female anti-poaching unit, chosen by the white and male-dominated conservation authorities. Their fight against poaching challenges the role of women (and men) in their communities and South African society at large. The three women could not be more different. For Nkateko, the ranger job is only a start. She has grander career goals within conservation. Qolile trains anti-poaching dogs to support her children while her husband is looking for a job.

2020, 88 min
by Minsu Park

CHADDR is a feature documentary about a 17-year-old girl Stanzin. Her home town in the heart of Himalaya in Kashmir is facing big changes: Global warming and technological progress change the lives of people rapidly. Until recently children had to follow dangerous mountain pass every year to get from their home village to school. It takes Stanzin 4 days to get to school. The times are changing and the dangerous mountain pass will be turned into an autoroute. The director Minsu Park follows Stanz

Germany 2018, 39 min
by Lena Karbe, Tristan Coloma

CHINESE DREAM is an episodic documentary, set in an African milieu in Guangzhou, China. For the first time in its history China becomes an immigration goal. At the moment more than 300.000 Africans live permanently in China.The protagonists of CHINESE DREAM are Chinese who interact with Africans on a daily basis: They come from different social classes and occupations. CHINESE DREAM shows how Chinese society tackles the immigration challenge coming from Africa.