From Bahia to Brooklyn, Caribbean stories
A seven part series
Suriname
Suriname is a country with various ethnic groups. One of the most marginalized groups are the Indigenous people, the original inhabitants of the area now known as Suriname. European colonizers referred to them as Caribs, but they prefer to identify themselves as Kaliña. Alongside the Arawaks, who call themselves Lokono, they constitute the native inhabitants of Suriname. Nina, with her Surinamese roots, discovers that she descends from both the Lokono and the Maroons through her biological mother. The Maroons are descendants of enslaved people who escaped from plantations. Both of these population groups face challenges in contemporary Suriname. To what extent and in what ways does Suriname’s colonial past play a role in these challenges? This question becomes tangible and urgent when Nina, accompanied by her family, embarks on a journey to the interior in search of a former sugarcane plantation that her distant ancestors inherited.
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Credits team
Based on an idea by Sherman De Jesus & Cécile van Eijk
Presenter: Nina Jurna
Director: Martijn Blekendaal
Camera: Pim Hawinkels
Sound: Benny Jansen
Editing: Sander Cijsouw
Research: Adelheid Kapteijn
Research/location fixer: Idi Lemmers
Color correction: Bart Voorsluis
Audio editing: Rob Dul
Design: Joost Hiensch, Robbert Klein
Music: Randal Corsen
Sr. producer: Elleke Claessen, Mariska Schneider
Production: Tanja Warning, Haider Aljezairi, Zep van Tienen, Stijn van Dongen, Mathijs Jorritsma
Online editors: Elmar Veerman, Dewi Oudijk
Marketing & Communication: Innes van den Heuvel, Joanne Wens
Producer Memphis Features: Cécile van Eijk
Final editing: Sherman De Jesus, Hans Simonse
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