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Women of Suriname
“Het Onbekende Suriname”
0.0 / 10• 1978• 55m•NR• Dutch
Documentary
Storyline
Oema Foe Sranang (1978), translated in Dutch as Vrouwen van Suriname, was a film made in close collaboration with LOSON (Landelijke Organisatie Strijd Organisatie Suriname). This anti-colonial, feminist portrait of the lives of five Surinamese women came about after the recent independence of Suriname in 1975, also shedding a light on the experience of the Surinamese migrants entering the Netherlands and the Dutch hostile attitude towards this large flow of migrants.
Cast & Crew
BB
Bram Behr
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LeadSF
Sylvie Fernant
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SB
Sonja Boekstaaf
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JM
Jetty Meurzing
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RR
Rita Rahman
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SH
Somai Harpal
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What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. At van Praag's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Women of Suriname is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
