Barbara Kowa grew up in Hamburg, where she also attended the Stage School of Dance and Drama. She then moved to Berlin to study Theater at the “Ernst Busch” Academy of Performing Arts from 1992-1996 and participated in the Production seminar at the Bavarian Film & Television Academy in Munich. After producing numerous video installations and multimedia performances, "Dreaming Mali" is her first feature documentary

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