Oury Jalloh
Categories: Film Documentary Fiction Short
My Roles: Project Manager / Producer Production Sound
The story of Oury Jalloh, who burnt to death in a German prison cell in 2005.
Oury Jalloh, a refugee and asylum-seeker from Sierra-Leone, who lives in former Eastern Germany, despairs of the society around him. He cannot attend social life and has no perspectives, he is not allowed to leave his district, he is not allowed to work and slowly he begins a silent, inner fight against heteronomy and social exclusion. The semi-documental short film was developed by asylum-seekers and young independent filmmakers and is connected to a true event: On the 7th January 2005, Oury Jalloh burnt to death in a police cell in Dessau, Germany.
Trailer: Oury Jalloh Trailer on YouTube
Festivals:
- German Human Rights Film Price 2008
- German Youth Video Prize 2009
- 26th Kassel Documentary and Videofestival 2009
- 1st Prize Fiction at Political Shortcuts Int. Short Film Festival Coblence, 2009
Production: Moviemiento Cinemachete, EPIZ Berlin
Director: Simon(è) J. Paetau, Maman Salissou Oumarou and others
Duration: 30 min
Year: 2008 - Country: Germany