Films by Marcel Lepel

Germany 2016, 44 min
by Dorothe Dörholt

At the beginning of the 20th century, the German colonial power attempted to wipe out the Namibian Herero tribe. Some of them survived and, as a mark of triumph, adopted the dress style of their enemies. 22-year-old designer McBride Kavari wants to modernise this costume, which has been worn with pride to this day, thereby incurring the wrath of the tribe elders.

Germany 2012, 83 min
by Robert Krieg, Monika Nolte

Grandfather Bawo Reinhardt, his son Lulo and his grandchild Sibel are the main figures in the documentary film NEWO ZIRO; joining them is Sasha Reinhardt, the initiator of DJANGO’S HEIRS, a Sinti and Roma Music Festival in the country town Koblenz in southwest Germany. The film provides deep insights into a culture which is among those most discriminated against in Europe. Bawo, Lulo and Sibel live actively in Germany’s majority society without denying their roots. Sasha does not believe in 'new