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Ze noemen me Baboe

Sandra Beerends / NL, 2019 / 78 min.

Eye’s archive is also a treasure trove of footage chronicling life in pre-WW2 Indonesia, then still known as the Netherlands East Indies. Using these glimpses into the Netherlands’ colonial past, director Sandra Beerends tells the poignant and stirring story of the Javanese household nanny (baboe) Alima.

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Persons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adultThis movie contains scenes of explicit discrimination

Director

Sandra Beerends

Production year

2019

Country

NL

Original title

Ze noemen me Baboe

Length

78 min.

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

Accessibility

Earcatch

still Ze noemen me Baboe (They Call Me Babu) (Sandra Beerends, NL 2019)
still Ze noemen me Baboe (They Call Me Babu) (Sandra Beerends, NL 2019)
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