The cultural-culinary-intellectual force that was Anthony Bourdain exploded onto the scene in 2000 with the publication of his searing restaurant memoir Kitchen Confidential. From there was an unstoppable rise to Parts Unknown, No Reservations, and a place in the American cultural canon. Bourdain’s outsize personality, insatiable curiosity, and passion for food, travel, and culture tapped into a deeper humanity that resonated with viewers who felt that they knew him.
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig Daneh Anjeer Moghadas
Mohammad Rasoulof
Thursday, 13. 03. 2025 / 16:00 / Main Hall
Dahomey Dahomey
Mati Diop
Thursday, 13. 03. 2025 / 17:15 / Small Hall
In her beguiling work of speculative documentary the young French-Senegalese filmmaker charts the repatriation of stolen artefacts to Benin, interrogating colonial legacies, ancestry and the weight of history.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Johan Grimonprez
Thursday, 13. 03. 2025 / 19:30 / Main Hall
United Nations, 1961: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez explores a moment when jazz, colonialism, and espionage collided.