Pim de la Parra, retired Surinamese cinematographer

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Date and time Saturday 30 January 1999 20:30 tot 00:01 uur
Location Filmhuis - diverse locaties

Pim de la Parra, from Suriname, was the main guest in the film programme. Clarisse van Haersma Buma, former correspondent in Suriname and the Antilles, spoke to him, as an introduction to three key movies from his oeuvre. 'I feel that I have no more personal ambition to become famous. I want to do something to help things change or make things happen in my country.'

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Pim de la Parra

(Paramaribo, 1940) made a great number of movies with Wim Verstappen, among which the blockbuster Blue Movie (1971). Their 13th and last movie was WAN PIPEL [‘one people’, spelled phonetically in Dutch]. After his production company went broke, he retreated to Aruba. After his return in 1985, he initiated the 'minimal movie' movement. Returned ‘for good’ to Surinam in 1996.
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Clarisse van Haersma Buma

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