OUR MISSIONARIES

Martin Gruber | Guinea 2013 | 8 Min. | OmeU

A small village on the coast of Guinea, West Africa. Missionaries settled here in their effort to bring Christianity to this Muslim dominated area. The villagers still speak warmly about their visitors. Nevertheless, the missionaries left after some years – seemingly in a rush, leaving behind many of their belongings. The film “Our Missionaries” tells the story of a misconceived intercultural encounter through the villagers’ memories and images of the missionaries’ material legacy.