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Women of Suriname

Women of Suriname

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 23, 1978

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Vrouwen van Suriname

Director

At van Praag

Description

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.