Women of Suriname

"Het Onbekende Suriname"

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.

Release Date

September 23, 1978

Status

Released

Original Title

Vrouwen van Suriname

Runtime

55min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Dutch

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