Free Heri Heri + Filmprogramma

During ‘Free Heri Heri’ at Eye’s bar-restaurant you can dine communally and converse between 18:00 and 19:00 whilst enjoying a free meal. After dinner the audience can watch a free film programme in Cinema 3 in collaboration with Da Bounce Urban Film Festival. There is room for 120 people, so don't wait too long to make a reservation. Unfortunately the event and diner are sold out.

Programme

CHIBUDIKE, spoken word performer Achi Chioma and percussionist Egoibudike Emechete, will provide a musical, theatrical, spoken word performance accompanied by Surinamese footage from Eye’s collection.

Attendees will also be able to watch excerpts from Edgar Cairo: Ik ga dood om jullie hoofd (2011). Edgar Cairo’s brother and others, including columnist Ellin Robles, will discuss Edgar Cairo’s work from various perspectives. The evening will also feature a new generation of poets getting to grips with Cairo’s output.

This will be followed by screenings of Sranan Folktales (2016) by Loëlle Monsanto and Waka nanga mi (2023) by Evani Gilds with an accompanying Q&A and panel discussion featuring both directors and the audience. Loëlle and Evani both heavily feature their Surinamese roots in their work. Why is it so important for a new generation of makers to arise and not forget their histories? How do they incorporate this theme into their work? And what are their hopes for the future? The host will be Audilla Voorn.

The evening will conclude at 21:00 with drinks.

Please note: Eye is not a ‘Free Heri Heri’ distribution point, you can’t pick up a meal here.

Free Heri Heri

‘Free Heri Heri’ produced by KIP Republic. In 2020, the latter introduced ‘Free Heri Heri For All’. An initiative aimed at uniting Amsterdam by inviting the entire population to eat heri heri, thereby celebrating the abolition of slavery. Heri heri means healing. The dish consist of cassava, sweet potato, green and yellow plantains, fried salted cod and an egg. Nowadays, heri heri is a dish that links people to their forebears i.e. their history.