Moeder Dao, de schildpadgelijkende

Apr 6 1995 N/A 1h 30m
Documentary

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Vincent Monnikendam

Directed by

Vincent Monnikendam

Cast

N/A

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands

Production Companies

Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)

Languages

Bahasa indonesia, Nederlands

Awards

5 wins

Scores
# of Votes
185
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA