Women of Suriname (1978)

overview : 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 : Sep 23, 1978

Runtime : 55m

Genre : Documentary  

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Countries : Netherlands, Suriname

Keywords : militant