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Aletta Jacobs : het hoogste streven

Nouchka van Brakel / NL, 1995 / 65 min.

Nouchka van Brakel’s fictional portrait of Aletta Jacobs, the first female doctor in the Netherlands and an icon of the first wave of feminism. Van Brakel: “I always think histories consisting of straight facts are always really boring. A lively, contemporary ‘her-story’ seemed way more fascinating to me".

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During the first week of June, Eye will screen the VR experience Walzer by Frieda Gustavs and Leo Erken: a journey through a landscape consisting of thousands of photographs from the first wave of feminism (1850 - 1940).

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Director

Nouchka van Brakel

Production year

1995

Country

NL

Original title

Aletta Jacobs : het hoogste streven

Length

65 min.

Language

Dutch

Subtitles

NONE

Format

DCP

Part of

Virtual Reality in Eye

Virtual Reality productions are an increasingly important element of the contemporary film experience. Eye has created Virtual Reality in Eye, a programme that focuses on VR. You’re not confronted with the flat surface of a film screen. You move around virtually in 3D through a designed space that surrounds and immerses you on all sides.

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Why in Eye

Figurehead of the first wave of feminism, Aletta Jacobs is one of the women you could encounter between 31 May and 7 June in the unforgettable landscape of women’s portraits in the VR experience Walzer.

still Aletta Jacobs: het hoogste streven (Nouchka van Brakel, NL 1995)
still Aletta Jacobs: het hoogste streven (Nouchka van Brakel, NL 1995)
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