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Kleinkinderen van de Oost

(2023)

Overview

Daan van Citters and Joenoes Polnaija retrace the footsteps of their grandfathers in Indonesia. They both fought for the Netherlands against Indonesian independence: Daan’s grandfather went voluntarily from the Netherlands, Joenoes’s as a Moluccan soldier in the Dutch colonial army, KNIL. Their poignant journey forces them to ask themselves some difficult questions about guilt, shame and transgenerational transmission.

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Original TitleKleinkinderen van de Oost

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2023-03-24

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 14m

Production CompaniesNew Amsterdam Film Company

Genres

  • Documentary