On the Impossibility of an Homage vs Women of Suriname
On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 55m. Women of Suriname is the older of the two (1978 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Women of Suriname| On the Impossibility of an Homage | Women of Suriname | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 1978 |
| Length | 19m | 55m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Germany | – |
| Director | Xandra Popescu | At van Praag |
| Main cast | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu | Bram Behr, Sylvie Fernant, Sonja Boekstaaf, Jetty Meurzing, Rita Rahman |
Synopsis
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
Women of 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…
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