9 november 2011

Synopsis, door Faris van de Lisdonk

As a person of mixed cultural heritage, animating the (his)story about my Moluccan grandparents sparked my interest. What led them to choose to go to the Netherlands? Was it voluntary, or maybe even forced? And why didn’t they go back home, to the Moluccas?

For this project I talked with my grandfather with my mom as interpreter (I’m far from fluent speaking in the Moluccan language and my grandfather knew little Dutch). My grandfather did not like to talk about the KNIL (Royal Dutch-Indies Army) period of his life hence I got only a handful of useful information.

Luckily, my maternal aunt came up with a small notebook with important dates written up by my grandfather. These notes and the additional information my grandfather told me, helped me form a rough timeline to tell the story of how and why my grandparents came to the Netherlands.     

Regie Faris van de Lisdonk

Animatie, 2010, Nederland, Nederlandse tekst, Engels ondertiteld, 5:18 minuten