Poetry Is an Island, Derek Walcott

Uma Memória Emplumada (A Feathered Memory) is a poetic documentary by Ida Does about Brazilian Indigenous artist and human rights activist Daiara Tukano, a member of the Tukano people from the Amazon. As she creates a monumental mural at the Mauritshuis in The Hague, a layered story unfolds — one that connects the colonial history of the Netherlands with the living wisdom of the Amazon.

This documentary tells the story of the life of Surinamese poet Trefossa, pseudonym of Henny de Ziel (1916-1975), about the struggle for a Surinamese language of its own, Sranantongo. The poetry of Henri (nickname Henny) de Ziel, alias Trefossa, caused nothing less than an earthquake in Suriname. His words still roll off the lips of thousands of Surinamese schoolchildren every day when they sing the Surinamese national anthem at school in the morning. And even in the Netherlands, words can be heard on the street, such as bakra, switi, brasa, mi boy, duku, wagi, pata, smatje, fawaka, dyuka, of which it is questionable whether they would be heard so often here without Trefossa's involvement with Sranantongo.

From late 16th century until 1863, the Dutch sold an estimated 600,000 African people into slavery. This documentary follows three women who are each involved in the heritage of slavery in their respective roles. When researcher Ellen-Rose Kambel discovers a photograph of a man who owned her ancestors in slavery, she decides to locate his descendants.

A short documentary film about Anton de Kom (Paramaribo, Suriname, 1898- Sandbostel 1945) , man of resistance, writer, who fought against racism, colonialism, war and nazism. In this short documentary film three of his children, all in their eighties, look back on their youth. A life that is closely connected to major historic events of both Suriname and The Netherlands.