Stormé DeLarverie, a queer icon of the Stonewall Riots, was not only a drag king and activist, but also a powerful voice of resistance. Her story, often overlooked, reveals a legacy that had a lasting impact on the LGBTQIA+ movement. From her impressive career in the Jewel Box Revue to her courageous efforts during the Riots. Stormé's life is a fascinating testament to resilience and identity. Discover how she went down in history as a protector of the queer community and a symbol of change, and why her legacy still resonates today.
The trade in human remains from private households is still not legally regulated. The NDR reveals how bones from colonial contexts are also advertised and sold at flea markets.
Industrialization is often celebrated as a golden age.
This documentary makes the important connection to the enslavement trade and shows how the triangular trade was established in favor of the Europeans.
Carl Hagenbeck from Hamburg became one of the biggest animal and human traffickers in Europe. In this documentary, the descendants have their say and talk about the effects of the trafficking to this day.
In this documentary, the cruelty of the colonizers becomes visible. Missionaries were part of the colonial system of oppression and played an important role.
Justice is the founder of deSta, whose aim is to create incentives that motivate people to engage more with colonialism and all that it entails.
Nimish has been with deSta since August 2024. He was particularly impressed by deSta's approach to raising awareness of Germany's colonial past.
A documentary that shows the struggles of the Congo, exposes the role of the USA and Belgium and at the same time shows the colonial structures that still exist today.
In April 1994, the parents of two-year-old Samuel Ishimwe were murdered in Rwanda. Their fate was shared by up to a million people in the genocide against the country's Tutsi minority. Thirty years on, Samuel sets out to discover what set these terrible events in motion.
Based on the moving and inspiring life of one of America's greatest heroines, HARRIET tells the extraordinary story of Harriet Tubman, the famed freedom fighter who defied all odds to change the course of her life and the fate of the nation.
