Vrouwen van Suriname – Oema foe Sranan
At van Praag / NL, 1978 / 56 min.
Vrouwen van Suriname (Oema foe Sranan) portrays the lives of four women who relate the history of Dutch (neo)colonialism in Surinam and racism and being disenfranchised in the Netherlands using personal stories. A wonderful portrait of the Zeitgeist of the tumultuous run up to independence and the period shortly after the Srefidensi in Surinam. New restoration.
Oema foe Sranan was produced by Cineclub Vrijheidsfilms in cooperation with LOSON ((Landelijke Organisatie van Surinamers in Nederland) [Dutch national organisation for Surinamese people] in the framework of political struggle, as a sign of solidarity between Surinamese and Dutch people who transfer a collective message about the socio-political situation in Surinam and the Surinamese community in the 1970s. the film centres on hoping for better days and liberation from foreign influence.
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Director
At van Praag
Production year
1978
Country
NL
Original title
Vrouwen van Suriname – Oema foe Sranan
Length
56 min.
Language
Sranan Tongo
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
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