Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum vs Women of Suriname
Women of Suriname is the shorter watch at 55m compared with 59m. Women of Suriname is the older of the two (1978 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
Women of Suriname| Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum | Women of Suriname | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1978 |
| Length | 59m | 55m |
| Genres | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Myerscough | At van Praag |
| Main cast | Michael Palin, Dan Snow, David Olusoga, Janina Ramirez | Bram Behr, Sylvie Fernant, Sonja Boekstaaf, Jetty Meurzing, Rita Rahman |
Synopsis
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the treasures of the medieval world. Across 70 metres of exquisitely embroidered scenes, it tells the story of one of the most seismic events in British history – the Norman Invasion of 1066. For the last 950 years, this crucial part of Britain's national story has remained on the other side of the English Channel, in Bayeux, Normandy, but now it’s coming back to the UK. A stellar cast of historians and experts…
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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