„Shark Island“ and „Sorry for the Genocide“

Shark Island

Film screening in English with German subtitles

Shark Island sheds light on one of the darkest chapters of German colonial history. From 1905 to 1907, the island off Lüderitz in Namibia served as a camp — a site of forced labor, abuse, and mass deaths. Together with descendants of survivors, the documentary project reconstructs the camp’s layout, locates mass burial sites, and makes visible how colonial violence, memory, and the present are intertwined.

The film draws on testimonies, digital reconstructions, and forensic research to break the silence surrounding this part of history and to call for the protection of these sites against further destruction.

Forensic architecture 2024

Sorry for the Genocide

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