Film
Contradict - Ideas for a New World (2020)
Winner of Berner Filmpreis 2020
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? How do we want to confront and contradict those changes? Can new visions for the future become global realities?
A film by Peter Guyer and Thomas Burkhalter
Webpage: https://www.contradict-film.com/
Stream On Demand: Filmingo + myfilm.ch
Festival and Cinema screenings: see here
TV screenings: Al Jazeera “Witness”, SRF - Swiss National TV.
World Sales: Magnetfilm
Buy More Incense - A documentary About British Asian Musicians (2000)
Winner of competition, Muzyka i Swiat, Krakow
Thomas Burkhalter and Michael Spahr's documentary from 2000/2001. A trip through the Asian Music Scene in Britain feat. Bobby Friction, Aki Nawaz/Fun-Da-Mental, DJ Ritu, Kuljit Bhamra, Johnny Kalsi, Nitin Sawhney, DCS, Nasha and many more. With lots of bhangra and "Asian Underground".
Webpage: Norient
Stream On Demand: YouTube
Photo Diary (soon)