Omulaule heißt schwarz

»To the whites we are black, and to the blacks we are German« muse the young Namibians. They still know the greeting of the East German Young Pioneer’s group and remember favorite GDR sweets. Soon after the fall of Communism, which pretty much coincided with Namibia’s independence, the East German Africans had to return to a country that they no longer knew. The filmmakers follow the paths the young people’s lives took – which differ astonishingly considering the background of their collective experience – and allow the stories to flow together in a narrative stream, maintains tempo and plot line despite the breath of material.