Category
Documentary
director
Peter Guyer, Thomas Burkhalter
production
Recycled TV
country
Switzerland
format
HD, DCP
runtime
89 min
year
2020
language
English
subtitled_versions
English, German, French
genre
Arts & Culture, Music, Society
CONTRADICT
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Synopsis

When two friends collect money for the so-called “suffering in America” in the streets of Accra, is it for fun, political provocation, or a prophecy? Two Swiss filmmakers will answer these questions with the help of seven musicians from Ghana—M3NSA, Wanlov The Kubolor, Adomaa, Worlasi, Akan, Mutombo Da Poet, and Poetra Asantewa—who have written new songs and produced video clips especially for the documentary film CONTRADICT.
Tomorrow's ideas and trends are emerging more decentralized than ever in a globalized world. What do global developments and shifts in values look like from the ground up in Ghana and the African continent?[nbsp] How do we want to confront and contradict those changes? Can new visions for the future become global realities?

Festivals

  • Solothurner Filmtage, Switzerland (2020) - World Premiere
  • Winner of Bern Film Award, Switzerland (2020)
  • WOMEX 2020
  • Soundwatch Berlin, Germany (2021)
  • Sound Unseen, USA (2021)
  • SeeYouSound Torino, Italy (2021)
  • FIFA, Canada (2021)
  • World Village Festival, Finland (2021)
  • Festival Résistances, France (2021)
  • In-Edit Brazil (2021)
  • Musical Écran, France (2021)
  • Chiayi International Art Documentary FF, Taiwan (2022)
  • SoundTrack\Cologne ; See the Sound, Germany (2022)
  • Black Star IFF, Ghana (2022)

More info

  • Theatrical release in Switzerland January 30, 2020