Black fruits: insights into the colorful world of Lamin Leroy Gibba!

Black fruits: insights into the colorful world of Lamin Leroy Gibba!

Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin, Deutschland - On December 13, 2024, Lamin Leroy Gibba is celebrated for his ARD series "Black Fruits", which causes a sensation among audiences and critics. In this series, he plays the role of Lalo, a queer and black -identified young man in his twenties, whose life gets out of joint after his father's sudden death. Gibba addresses central questions about the life of bipoc and queer people, in particular on topics such as belonging and self-realization, as well as the program on gorki.de

staging and thematization

In addition to "black fruits", Gibba brings his staging "Blues in Black Weiss" on the stage at the Maxim Gorki Theater, inspired by May Ayim's volume of poems. The staging begins with the guarantee that People of Color's voices become more visible in the German theater and television landscape, as Gibba on radiodrei.de . The focus on the experiences of lalo and other characters in the series makes it clear how important it is to present diversity in the media and offer young people a real reflection of themselves.