MORE THAN A FILM
GERMAN SOUL IS A LIVE DOCUMENTARY EXPERIENCE INVITING YOU TO CONNECT WITH EMBODIED QUESTIONS AND ANCESTRAL TRUTHS.
In GERMAN SOUL, Grammy-winning artist and ethnobotanist Justin Robinson leads audiences on a personal journey through Southern cuisine, embodied truth, and the tangled roots of identity.
What begins as a search to soothe a lifelong “sensitive stomach” and solve a family mystery soon spirals outward, from Carolina kitchens to DNA surprises, to Berlin, Ibandan, and back again. Along the way, familiar dishes take on unfamiliar names and reveal deeper, more complicated stories.
With film, live music, narration, and shared tastes, each performance becomes a gathering to question the myths at the heart of belonging and to confront what’s missing.
This live documentary isn’t here to settle debates—it’s here to stir the pot.
What truths can we taste, and which do we keep pushing to the edge of the plate? GERMAN SOUL invites you beyond the veil, into a ritual of honest reckoning and reconnection—with yourself, your ancestors, and your community.
CREATED BY JUSTIN ROBINSON, D.L. ANDERSON
PRODUCED BY D.L. ANDERSON, REBEKAH FERGUSSON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: VITTLES FILMS
RESPONSE
“We do not want to face the truth about our trauma, but it is only in facing them that we heal, right? We need to learn these things, especially in this moment when we need to return back to ourselves.”
“What I understand from my teachers is that choice is a function of expanded awareness. And I feel like what this film has the opportunity to do is expand people's awareness in a way that gives them more access to their choices.”
PERFORMANCES
UPCOMING
Nov. 21, 2025 | Cucalorus Film Festival
PAST
June 08, 2025 | Earthseed Land Collective
April 24, 2025 | Biscuits & Banjos Festival
This project is still in the development phase and we are seeking work-in-progress performances through 2026.
Become a Soul Supporter
〰️
Become a Soul Supporter 〰️
GERMAN SOUL is fiscally sponsored by the Southern Documentary Fund and all donations above $250 are tax-deductible.
Want to be A More substantial part of this unique, live DOCUMENTARY SERIES?
GERMAN SOUL is seeking philanthropic donors, partners, and investors.
We are midway through a development phase and seeking major donors, organizational partners and investors to sponsor events to further workshop and reach people hungry for stories that nourish a bolder sense of self and community health. Fill out the form below, and we’ll be in touch.