POELER LUFT

Massiamy Diaby is a Black queer freelance artist living in Berlin. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Massiamy grew up on the Baltic Sea island of Poel, in Berlin and in Accra. She completed her acting studies at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in 2020. She is an actress, devises her own theatre performances, realises film projects and writes poetry. Massiamy's works aim to dismantle power structures and convey political themes as emotional experiences. She integrates herself critically into her works and reflects on her own privileges in order to break through the apparent objectivity of art. POELER LUFT is Massiamy's debut short film.

Joanna Peprah is the spokesperson for the Cologne local group and an advisor to the Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland e. V. (ISD) and co-founder of the "N-Wort Stoppen" initiative. In 2022, she was appointed to the Expert:innengremium (Post)Colonial Heritage of Cologne. In 2023, she was awarded the Cologne Volunteer Award for Democracy and Diversity.

Phyllis Quartey is mother, activist, educational consultant and a poet. She deals with the issues of anti-racism, colonialism and empowerment in the initiatives “N-Wort Stoppen”, “Decolonize-Wuppertal” and in various workshops. Her main concern is to enable a critical examination of the history of colonialism and its effects until today.

In 1986, at the age of 4, Molley fled the civil war in Liberia for Germany. There, in the late 1990s, he discovered hip-hop. It's not only musically that he takes a clear stand against racism, sexism, homophobia, hatred and violence, he's also an active member of the N-Wort Stoppen Initiative and cooperates with other initiatives.