Join us to watch the film We Almost Lost Bochum with English subtitles on a big screen as part of our summer cinema. Admission free of charge!
Germany 2019, Director: Julian Brimmers, Benjamin Westermann | Duration: 104 min. | in German with English subtitles | with Karsten "Aphroe" Stieneke, Pahel Schulinus Brunis, Heinz Michael Galla, Gabriel "Mr. Wiz" Saygbe and more.
We Almost Lost Bochum tells the story of Ruhrpott AG, the best German hip hop band that never made the leap into the collective consciousness. A moving story about friendship, hip hop, life and death in the Ruhr area.
20 years after the release of their classic
Unter Tage, RAG take stock. With only two LPs, the rappers Aphroe, Pahel and Galla as well as DJ/producer Mr. Wiz made their mark on the big German rap boom at the end of the 90s. Two decades later, the film accompanies the former band members from the deepest Ruhr area to Washington D.C., documents their first concerts after a 15-year absence from the stage and sheds light on the tragic death of RAG member Galla. Companions like Jan Delay, Kool Savas, Marteria, Curse, Die Kassierer and many more have their say.
"The story of RAG has accompanied me since my youth," says Julian Brimmers. "The fascination for this special cultural moment when a scene outgrows itself and reaches the mainstream has never left me. In particular, the psychological pressures that are often forgotten when looking externally at professional musicianship stand out clearly in RAG's trajectory."
"The idea was to weave the visual setting of the Ruhr region with the band's history," adds Benjamin Westermann. "That's how the concept of an aesthetically high-quality documentary was born, which does without hip-hop clichés. We wanted to tell a universally comprehensible story."
We Almost Lost Bochum premiered at the 53rd International Hof Film Festival. The film title is a reference to the Gil Scott-Heron classic "We Almost Lost Detroit".
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