Bibliograph

Greetings from the colony, directed by Nathalie Borges

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Greetings from the colony, directed by Nathalie Borges

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Greetings from the colony

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

893212023

Responsibility statement

directed by Nathalie Borges

Runtime

Series statement

Human rights cases online video

Summary

Welcome to Belgium's dark colonial past. A 1920's engagement between a Rwandan woman and a Belgian white colonial bears three children. But soon the man meets a young white woman, marries her and returns to Europe. He abandons his Rwandan wife and two sons but takes his daughter, Suzanne. Breaking the family's long silence, Suzanne takes us into a dark world of easy abuse and Belgium's contentious colonial history

Target audience

adult

Contributor

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