Absent Present

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Absent Present

Director Angelika Levi met Benji in 1991 in Namibia, where she was working as a camerawoman. Benji should have been the main character of ABSENT PRESENT, but he had disappeared. The film re-sketches some stages of Benji's life, and looks into the history of Benji's disappearance as it tries to understand why Benji went underground.

Benji's story is the starting point for a journey that leads from Germany to Namibia to Spain, Canaries onto Senegal. ABSENT PRESENT is also about losing or disavowing national identity.

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Title: Absent Present
Original Title: Absent Present
Language versions: Original version with English, German, French or Spanish subtitles
Country: Germany
Year: 2010
Length: 84 min
Color: Black and white/color
Director: Angelika Levi
Screenplay: Angelika Levi
Cinematography: Antje Schäfer
Editing: Angelika Levi, Friederike Anders
Sound: Angelika Levi
Sound Mix: Erik Mischijew
Music: La Punxa, Francisco Tomero, Juan Tomás Haldon Tirador, Richard Howell, Samba Sock, Benji P.
Featuring: Marie Gueye, Mame Nogeye Cisse, Francisca Mora, Benji P., Nambata, Dajele, George, Ronni, Benjamin, Hangula, Martin, Pape Makhtar Gueye, Lamine Gueye, Lala Fall, Thierno Diop, MoussaFAll, Katim Touré, Ndeye Ana Diallo, Adama Fall
Production: Celestefilm Produktion, ZDF

Age Recommendation: 12

Miscellaneous: Photos: National Archives of Namibia, Das Bundesarchiv, Jose de Ribera, Bartolomez Esteban Murillo Archive footage: Angelika Levi, NO-DO, rtve, EU, Google

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