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Eugene Boateng

Nominated for BORGA as best upcoming actor at Max Ophüls Preis 2021

Eugene Boateng was born in Düsseldorf in 1985. He grew up there with his seven siblings in the well-known multicultural, socially mixed Kiefernstraße. His environment inspired him to his first dance attempts, which soon reached a professional level. With his dance he celebrated great successes and was part of various music video productions. Eugene made his first acting experiences through collaboration with lecturers at the Ernst Busch Acting School as well as the UdK Berlin. Since then he has been part of many cinema and television productions, such as the feature film BORGA, the TV movie ANNIE - KOPFÜBER INS LEBEN or the Netflix series TRIBES OF EUROPA. In Borga he plays the role of Kojo.

“In my community here in Germany, we don’t know of any German film yet that tells an African story from the perspective of a black person. BORGA is the story of my father, my uncle, the story of most black people who came to Germany and the story of all those who left their homeland in the hope of creating a better life for their families and themselves. It is the story of a black man, told without pity, just plain and raw.”