Homeshoppers' Paradise
Lisa, a rebellious Black punk, lives with her gang in a construction trailer on an occupied lot. The friends are united in the fight against the bourgeoisie, capitalism – and the power of the state. When Lisa learns of the impending eviction of the site, she must take the initiative to guard a long-kept secret. Behind the others’ backs, she accepts a job offer at the epicenter of capitalist consumer society: as a presenter alongside her hated father on the home shopping network HSP.
Cast
- Lilian “Lisa” Whittaker
- Jane Chirwa
- Harry Whittkaer
- Errol Trotman Harewood
- William Coleman
- Stephen Appleton
- Aimé
- Nastassja Kinski
- Randale
- Pit Bukowski
- Uschi
- Lilja van der Zwaag
- Fips
- Till Butterbach
- Eule
- Wolfgang Michael
- Yilmaz
- Sahin Eryilmaz
- Said
- Yasin El Harrouk
- Sabine
- Isabella Bartdorff
- Andrea
- Tanja Kuhn
- Cassandra
- Cornelia Köndgen
- Frau Täuble
- Susanne Scholl
- Herr Gutschmidt
- Mike Zaka Sommerfeldt
- Verkäufer
- Max Ruhbaum
- Lisa (jung)
- Laura-Sophie Knaus
- Oma
- Hede Beck
- Kellner
- Harald Hauber
- Jennifer
- Mira Kern
- Jörg
- Roland Kraft
Homeshoppers' Paradise
Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Germany 2022
- Language
- en., de. OF mit en. UT
- Format
- Digital file, Color, 89min
2.35:1, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
Born in 1972 in Neuss. Studied Directing at the International Film School Cologne. Active as a director, writer, image mixer, curator and programmer for the Africa Film Festival Cologne.
Filmography
2006 HOTEL ECLIPSE, Kurzfilm GEHENLASSEN, Kurzfilm
2007 Short BEENTO, Kurzfilm
2008 REAL LIFE: DEUTSCHLAND, Dokumentarfilm
2010 Short THE GARDEN
2013 IN.PUNCTO, TV
2020 I HAVE A DREAM, Dokumentarfilm
2021 TERRAXPRESS - SCHWARZ IN DEUTSCHLAND, Dokumentarfilm
2022 HOMESHOPPER‘S PARADISE, Spielfilm HOF 2022
“Even after Black Lives Matter in 2020, certain characteristics are still attributed to Black people only because of the color of their skin. I am still asked where I actually come from, even though I was born in Germany. On the one hand, Germany is my home, but on the other hand, this is always questioned. But every person wants to have the feeling of being accepted exactly where they are. Many marginalized groups know this feeling. The English word ‘belonging’ describes this feeling for me very nicely. That’s what it's all about for me at the core. How do I deal with not feeling accepted and being perceived as ‘foreign’? Do I fight against stereotypes or do I just try to adapt? [...] I wanted to explore these questions in the film by having two diametrically opposed worlds and two generations collide. [...] Above all, it is an attempt to reconcile myself and other Afro-Germans and all those who feel similar with their identity, because even if you look different from the average, we are good – just as we are.”
Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
- Writer
- Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye
- Dennis Todorovic
- Toks Körner
- Director of Photography
- Martin Farkas
- Editor
- Jan Henrik Pusch
- Production Designer
- Tanja Arlt
- Costume Designer
- Christin-Marlen Freyler
- Casting Director
- Liza Stutzky
- Sound
- Alex Rubin
- Sound Designer
- Luiz Melo Paiva e Silva
- Music Composer
- Stan Koch
- Maarten Maximé Buning
- Dodo NKishi
- Make-up
- Nicolay Lißner
- Layana Flachs
- Kasia Vintrici
- Sandra Schneider
- TV Commissioning Editor
- Stefanie Groß
- Daniela Muck
- Producer
- Pascal Nothdurft
- Marc Müller-Kaldenberg