Brother Jakob
Producer
Elí Roland Sachs
Scenario
Array
Rights
Taskovski Films
Operator
Elí Roland Sachs, Markus Kloth
Production
Dokomotive
In this very intimate portrait the director Elí Roland Sachs attempts to understand the behavior of his brother who, having read the Koran a few years earlier, decided to convert to Islam and entirely change his life. Jacob cut himself off from his old friends, gave up the pleasures enjoyed so far and turned himself to God. The film is an opportunity for the director to re-establish the lost brotherly bond and goes far beyond exclusively religious reflections.
Elí Roland Sachs
Born in 1985 in Göttingen, Germany, grew up in various countries in Africa (Senegal, Rwanda, Botswana and Cameroon). From 2007 to 2013 studied directing and camera for documentaries at the Academy for Media Arts Cologne, Germany, in 2011 studied directing at EICTV Film School in Cuba. Since 2013, has worked as a freelance camera operator and film director. In 2015, received a production scholarship from the Mediengründerzentrum NRW and founded the documentary production company Dokomotive.
Selected filmography
2017 Brother Jakob