When Flame turned sixteen, he moved out and went to live in a youth centre where he learned to be a gangsta. When Mamadee turned ten the GDR crumbled and with it her dream of wearing the red bandana of the Thälmann-pioneers. When Adé turned fifteen his father was murdered and he came from Nigeria to Leverkusen. All three grew up as German children with black fathers, and all three had to grow up without their fathers. Their paths crossed for the first time when the black man Alberto Adriano was beaten to death in a park in Dessau by three youths. Over twenty of the most famous Afro-German musicians got together to form the band project “Brothers Keepers”, recorded the maxi Adriano (Last Warning) and the album Lightkultur, which the female counterpart “Sisters Keepers” also contributed to, and toured through eastern German schools to talk directly with the kids. Yes I Am! is the story of Flame, Mamadee, and Adé and the story of the Brothers Keepers. It is about the power of music and how good it feels to raise your voice together. A film about the long way home.
