Join us for a screening of the documentary film The Empty Grave (dirs. Agnes Wegner & Cece Mlay), followed by a discussion. The documentary follows two Tanzanian families in their efforts to locate and repatriate the remains of their ancestors, which were taken to Germany during the colonial era and are currently held in museum collections.


The post-screening discussion will feature Erinest Kaaya, Felix Kaaya, and Ndelekwa Kaaya (whose ancestor's remains are held at the American Museum of Natural History) and German artist and activist Konradin Kunze, who has worked on issues of colonial restitution for over a decade. Some discussants may join via Zoom.

For our March Third  Thursday we will break bread with Senior Fellow at CEE, Angelantonio Grossi  in a conversation that bridges Ghanaian popular media cultures, Black Atlantic religions, and music. S

Join us for a film screening with Mapuche visual artist, filmmaker, curator, and art history scholar Francisco Huichaqueo. Francisco will present his work Künü, which portrays the land-back struggle of 80 communities from Loncoche, between the cities of Temuco and Valdivia in what is today known as “southern Chile.” The film explores how Mapuche lands have been occupied by Chilean capital-based transnational forestry company Arauco, and it follows the process through which the native communities organize themselves to reclaim their ancestral land.