DIE MÖLLNER BRIEFE | Film und Gespräch

In the organizer's words:

On 2.11. with film talk with Martina Priessner (director), Ibrahim Arslan (protagonist) and Sabina Idrisova (ezra Thüringen)

In November 1992, the racist arson attack in Mölln destroyed the lives of İbrahim Arslan and his family. The then seven-year-old İbrahim survived, but lost his sister, his cousin and his grandmother. The town of Mölln received hundreds of letters expressing solidarity, but no one took any notice of them for almost three decades. The film follows İbrahim as he discovers these letters and meets three of their authors. At the same time, it paints a complex portrait of the ongoing trauma that continues to affect İbrahim and his siblings to this day. İbrahim has found a way to deal with the events by actively fighting against racism and advocating a culture of remembrance that puts the victims at the center. His brother Namik, on the other hand, is still at the beginning of his journey of coping.