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A student named Nivedita finds an old photo of her professor and discovers the latter had been living a lie. Saraswati, of all people — a woman of color who lectures on cultural identity — is in fact white. While the media and online community whip up a frenzy, Nivedita faces a political and personal dilemma as she tries to find out Saraswati's motive.
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A student named Nivedita finds an old photo of her professor and discovers the latter had been living a lie. Saraswati, of all people — a woman of color who lectures on cultural identity — is in fact white. While the media and online community whip up a frenzy, Nivedita faces a political and personal dilemma as she tries to find out Saraswati's motive.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Friederike Jehn
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Runtime:103 minutes
Studio:Razor Film Produktion, ZDF
Cast
Randa Chahoud
Director
Amanda Babaei Vieira
Nivedita Anand
Stephanie Eidt
Prof. Saraswati
Sabrina Setlur
Kaali
Zoe Magdalena
Oluchi Schneider
Saba Lou Khan
Priti Dash
Mohamed Kanj Khamis
Amir Nawfal
Lotte Becker
Lotte Schüssler
Alexandra Finder
Birgit Anand
Murali Perumal
Jagdish Anand
Niels Bormann
Dr. Konstantin Thielmann
Sören Wunderlich
Paul Wickert
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