The Böll Monday Film Series will present four cinematic perspectives on the realities of life in the Vietnamese community on August 24 at 7 p.m. at li.wu. in Rostock.
Vietnamese-German Stories at the Böll Monday Movie Series
Mon., Aug. 24, 7 p.m.
li.wu. at FRIEDA 23, Friedrichstr. 23, Rostock
The racist attacks on the Sonnenblumenhaus in Rostock-Lichtenhagen from August 22 to 25, 1992, culminated in the early hours of August 25 with an arson attack on what was then the dormitory for Vietnamese contract workers. The Heinrich Böll Foundation MV, Diên Hông – Gemeinsam unter einem Dach e.V., and the Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll invite you to the Böll Monday Cinema, featuring four cinematic perspectives on the realities of life in the Vietnamese community, on August 24 at 7:00 p.m. at li.wu. in Rostock, Friedrichstraße 23.
The GDR had specifically recruited Vietnamese contract workers as part of socialist agreements. In contrast, the so-called “boat people” arrived in the western part of the Federal Republic. Today, 215,000 people of Vietnamese origin live in Germany. Their migration history is closely linked to the political upheavals of the 20th century and continues to shape the realities of life for the Vietnamese community to this day. The second generation, in particular, often finds itself caught between cultures: perceived as foreign in Germany, yet considered too German in their parents’ homes. The Böll Monday Cinema will screen the short films “Fruit and Vegetables” (30 min), “Everything Belongs to You” (13 min), “Temporary Housing” (8 min), and “Forever” (7 min). They offer deeply personal insights from young German-Vietnamese individuals into a community that has long considered itself part of German society without forgetting its roots. They explore experiences of migration, identity, growing up between two cultures, family expectations, and everyday racism.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with filmmaker Christian Tung Anh Nopper (“Für immer”).The session will be moderated byHoang Quynh Nguyen, filmmaker.
Admission: 9, 7, or 6 EUR (under 23); free admission for students at the University of Rostock/hmt Rostock with the AStA Kulturticket
