'' Unser Afrika '' ( 2015 ) focuses on supremacy and colonial genocide during , and in the aftermath of , the Herero and Namaqua genocide in the former colony of German Southwest Africa . Historians and genocide scholars Henning Melber , Jürgen Zimmerer , Ulrich van der Heyden and Joachim Zeller served as historical advisors on the work . The June 2018 premiere of Unser Afrika in Hamburg City Hall was widely regarded as having drawn attention to an overlooked aspect of German history . Babej works exclusively in black and white . His photographic style is influenced by the deep focus cinematography of 1930s and 40s filmmakers such as Orson Welles and Jean Renoir , and cinematographer Gregg Toland . '' Mischlinge '' explicitly references the aesthetics of Leni Riefenstahl
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Herero and Namaqua genocide
Marc Erwin Babej