A Personal Decolonization of the Gaze von Rosine Mbakam

In the organizer's words:

Workshop: A Personal Decolonization of the Gaze by Rosine Mbakam

"My intention as a Cameroonian filmmaker is to decolonize myself from what I have seen in films. African cinema is colonized by other forms of cinema. It's important for me to free myself from all that in order to find a form that does justice to the people I'm filming." (Rosine Mbakam)

In the workshop, the director shares her insights into the power structures of the white gaze in film. From her emancipation as a filmmaker
she makes consistent decisions in her artistic work - in the field of tension between the African continent and the diaspora. By questioning the distribution of power in documentary work, Mbakam creates a compassionate, open space for people's unheard stories. She reveals both the structures of oppression and the oases that thrive despite these structures.

In English.

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