Film: Trefossa. World premiere

A documentary on the poet Trefossa, a forgotten testator of Surinamese culture. Film by Paul van den Bos and Ida Does (with an introduction). In Dutch.

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Date and time Saturday 19 January 2008 21:30 tot 22:30 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 6

‘With his poems he knows how to play all the keys, from the simplest emotions to modern mystical experiences, from a dancing song inspired by the rhythm of the drum to sonnets.’ Dutch critic and poet Paul Rodenko wrote this in 1957 in NRC very enthusiastically about the poetry of the Surinamese poet Trefossa (1916-1975). But who (still) knows who Trefossa is, or rather, was. Paul van den Bos, maker of ‘Nynke’ and other films, and Ida Does have made a documentary about this forgotten testator of Surinamese culture. A gripping document about his life and work, with excerpts from his diaries, interviews with relatives and people of his generation and library pictures of Surinam. Winternachten brings the world premiere of the film, fifty years after Trefossa’s collection Trotji appeared, ‘the big bang’ of Surinamese literature. With an introduction by Ida Does. In Dutch.

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Ida Does

(Paramaribo) debuted in 2008 as director with the documentary Trefossa Mi a No Mi, about the Surinamese poet Trefossa (1916-1975), pioneer in the use of Sranantongo in poetry. The documentary was the opening film of the film festival The Backlot in Suriname and won the audience award at the Africa in the Picture Film Festival in Amsterdam (2010). Does has a long career behind her as editor-in-chief and journalist for various media in the Netherlands, Suriname and Aruba. In the 1990s she was editor-in-chief of Mutyama, a Surinamese magazine for culture and history. She also published in De Journalist, het Algemeen Dagblad, Vrij Nederland, De West and Mokro. In Aruba she headed the editorial staff of the daily Amigoe Aruba. In addition she worked for VPRO radio (De Avonden) and was a correspondent for Wereldnet (radio). For years she worked with Omroep West as an editor-in-chief of various television programmes. For some years now she has been a self-employed film maker and producer.
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