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Mother Dao, the Turtlelike

Moeder Dao, de schildpadgelijkende1995

Overview

In a span of ninety minutes the film aims to show how the Netherlands administered its colony as a colonial enterprise and what the relations were like at the time. The usual commentary has been omitted and in its place poems and songs in Bahasa Indonesia have been included in a digital sound composition. In Mother Dao the Turtlelike, the viewer sees how the colonial machinery in the 1920s was implanted in a world so different from Western Europe.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
April 6, 1995
Original language
Dutch
Spoken languages
Indonesian, Dutch
Countries
Netherlands
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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