Screenings

Filmdiscussion with protagonist Faseeha

Synopsis

Jamila is nine, Rachel eleven and Faseeha twelve when they take their first steps into a new hip-hop culture. The Berlin girls meet at a rap project, become friends and take off with their Sisterqueens crew. This documentary follows them over four years through their daily life with parents, siblings and their unusual chosen hip-hop family, where they learn a lot about hook lines and even more about self-respect.

We watch the three at rehearsals, studio recordings and stage performances, where they counter the well-known gender clichés of rap with their own songs. They also discuss their experiences with racism and exclusion and turn what happens to them into rhymes. Faseeha tests the boundaries with other artistic forms of expression, Rachel thinks about what self-determination means to her, and Jamila witnesses a frightening incident that makes her doubt the sanity of the police. They formulate their ideas and questions about what it means to be themselves, always with humour and to the point.

#Feminism #Rap #Growing up

Director

Clara Stella Hüneke

Biography

Clara Stella Hüneke was born in Frankfurt am Main. While studying video art, she worked as a first assistant director. In 2015 she shot her thesis film, a documentary, in Athens in the context of the so-called “crisis in Greece.” The film was shown across Europe, from the Kunsthalle Wien to the Kyiv Biennale. She worked as a junior producer at Vice Germany until she began studying directing at the Film Academy in 2018. As part of her studies, she made further short films, including her animated film AUF BALD, DEINE CLARA which was shown at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and many other festivals. She currently lives and works as a director and writer in Berlin. SISTERQUEENS is her diploma film, and she is currently working on further documentary material as well as her feature film debut.

Filmography

Parko (2017), Zwei Stühle für den Herrn ganz Rechts (2020), auf bald, deine Clara (2022), Sisterqueens (2024)

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