Das nomadische Gen - A Film by Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt

Cinema at ROMANFABRIK: screening of "Das nomadische Gen", a documentary by Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt.

The film asks what it means to carry a nomadic impulse - the urge to explore and the pull of curiosity, but also flight and spiritual searching. It follows the artists of Mangan25 on expeditions across six continents: through the jungles of Papua New Guinea and Venezuela, across the permanent ice of the Arctic and the Himalayas, and into deserts around the world, where they encounter extraordinary tribes and stories.

One chapter focuses on the dramatic expedition to Nanga Parbat, during which Günther Jung from Thuringia lost his life - told through footage by mountain filmmaker Gerhard Baur.

Kai-Uwe Kohlschmidt, born in Leipzig in 1968, is a writer, composer and director working in radio drama, documentary, theatre and film. He is the vocalist of the band SANDOW and a member of the artists' collective Mangan25, and lives and works in the Spreewald.