Shark Island & Swakopmund – Film screening & Panel discussion
Shark Island & Swakopmund – Film screening & Panel discussion
• Shark Island & Swakopmund – Film screening & Panel discussion •
Organisers (according to the announcement poster):
Forensic Architecture / Forensis,
OvaHerero Genocide Foundation (OGF) and
Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA).
Screening of documentary films by Forensic Architecture / Forensis about sites of atrocities during the 1904-1908 OvaHerero and Nama Genocide with a focus on Shark Island (Lüderitz) and Swakopmund concentration camps.
Panel discussion, moderated by Jemima Beukes
Panelists:
Junia Kaindjee (OGF)
Paul Thomas (NTLA)
Keith Vries
Venue: Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC)
Date: Friday, 15 August 2025
Time: 18:30 for 19:00
Contact for more details: 081 313 6133
See also the post on the Facebook page of the NTLA
Editor’s note:
Film screening and panel discussion are part of the public programme “Inherited Testimonies”, including an exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN) from 15 August to 20 September 2025, two more screenings and two workshops.
In partnership with NTLA and OTA, Forensic Architecture investigated four genocide-related locations in Namibia (see their webpage on investigations in Namibia):
Swakopmund (1904 – 1908) – published 15 October 2024
Hornkranz (massacre on 12 April 1893) – published 12 April 2024
Shark Island (concentration camp 1905 – 1908) – published 28 June 2024
Otjozondjupa, Omaheke and Khomas areas (1904 – 1908) – published 4 November 2022