Our MIssionaries

Original title Our MIssionaries

A small village on the coast of Guinea in West Africa. Missionaries settled here in their effort to bring Christianity to this Muslim dominated area. The villagers still speak warmly about their visitors. Nevertheless, the missionaries left after some years – seemingly in a rush, leaving behind many of their belongings. The film Our Missionaries tells the story of a misconceived intercultural encounter using the villagers’ memories and images of the missionaries’ material legacy.

Author/s Martin Gruber

Martin Gruber studied Visual Anthropology at Goldsmiths College, London and Social Anthropology at Hamburg University. He works as an ethnographic researcher and filmmaker and teaches visual anthropology. Martin recently completed a PhD on participatory ethnographic filmmaking at the Department of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Bremen.

Research Frank Seidel
Photography Martin Gruber
Sound Martin Gruber
Editing Martin Gruber