El Cimarrón

During a trip to Cuba, Hans Werner Henze met in 1969 the story of the self-liberation of a enslaved person. This biography found expression in his complex work El Cimarrón, carried by the hope that art could contribute to changing the world. Director Matthias Piro reads the life stories of the protagonist and composer from today's perspective: How do we use history as a projection surface for political utopias? How do we remember?