Watch, Listen, Read: Winternachten 2003
My National Anthem
Winternachten 2003
Holland is no longer the country it used to be. Are we ready for a new national anthem? Six writers and poets from The Netherlands and abroad present their personal alternative on this afternoon. Writer/commentator Theodor Holman, Gibi Bacilio …
read moreChristine Otten, Geert van Istendael, Gibi Bacilio, Jaap Blonk, Kader Abdolah, Michaël Zeeman, Theodor Holman
Copyright The Netherlands - debate
Winternachten 2003
The National Monument for the Commemmoration of Slavery now stands in Amsterdam. Does the historic awareness of the Surinamese and Antillian community deserve a monument as well? What is the state of history-writing in the West-Indies. Is its source …
read moreBarryl Biekman, Bert Paasman, Cynthia Mc Leod, Edwin Marshall, Gibi Bacilio, Ruben Severina
Nation Building and Writing History
Winternachten 2003
Nation Building is the process in which citizens of a country develop a sense of a common identity. The writer, the journalist and the historian play major parts in this process. How do they deal with that responsibility? Do they feel free to be …
read moreBob de Graaff, Goenawan Mohamad, Henk van Woerden, Michaël Zeeman
New Iconoclasms - debate
Winternachten 2003
Cultural identity in an international perspective. A panel discussion in co-operation with the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. The existing image and identity of The Netherlands are no longer valid, or at least incomplete. In its …
read moreEllen Ombre, Fouad Laroui, H.J.A. Hofland, Laetitia van den Assum, Louk de la Rive Box, Mai Ghoussoub, Paul Schnabel
Double Fatherland
Winternachten 2003
Foreigners in Holland are often amazed about the low esteem that the Dutch show for their culture. What about those writers in our country that have a second or maybe a a third home-country? What made the Maroccan writer Fouad Laroui come to the …
read moreFouad Laroui, Mala Kishoendajal, Michaël Zeeman, Yasmine Allas
The Shallows in the West
Winternachten 2003
Beautiful holiday islands, pity of those drug-trafficers. Is that the image that the Dutch have of the Dutch Antilles? What should the Antillians think of the Netherlands, where the market is for these same drugs. Three poets give us their picture …
read moreDax Hassell, Gibi Bacilio, Michiel van Kempen, Quito Nicolaas
A Surinamese View on Holland
Winternachten 2003
Three Surinamese women have their own view on our country. Two of them live in Holland: dramatist Thea Doelwijt and journalist and writer Mala Kishoendajal. She recently published the novel Boegbeeld on the politician Tara Singh Varma, who …
read moreMala Kishoendajal, Marylin Simons, Michiel van Kempen, Thea Doelwijt
The Undutchables
Winternachten 2003
Actors/writers Kees van Kooten and Herman Koch discuss old and new clichees on the Dutch, together with our concience from Flanders, writer Geert van Istendael. Moderated by writer Ed van Eeden.
read moreEd van Eeden, Geert van Istendael, Herman Koch, Kees van Kooten
Blind with one's eyes open
Winternachten 2003
A discussion with writers Bas Heijne and Herman Franke, moderated by Michaël Zeeman. On the failure of Dutch intellectuals to foresee or understand last year's developments in politics.
read moreBas Heijne, Herman Franke, Michaël Zeeman
I love Holland
Winternachten 2003
'Strange that only one belief has survived in Holland: we still feel Dutch.', was writer Geert Mak's conclusion after describing the many changes that the Dutch may expect in society. But what about this feeling? Are we as patriottic as the …
read moreElsbeth Etty, Geert Mak, H.J.A. Hofland
Indonesian poetry from Bali and Jakarta
Winternachten 2003
Two young femal poets, from Bali and Jakarta. Writing poetry in Indonesia is almost a political act nowadays. Rieke Diah Pitaloka wrote a poem on the bomb-attack in Bali. Oka Rusmini lives on this island. A strong political engagement speaks from …
read moreKees Snoek, Oka Rusmini, Rieke Diah Pitaloka
Indonesian picture of Holland
Winternachten 2003
In present day Indonesia the past ages of Dutch rule hardly matter any more. But the collected poems by Zeffry Alkatiri bear the title 'From Batavia to Jakarta 1619-1999' and novelist and screenplay-writer Remy Sylado uses the last days of the Dutch …
read moreKees Snoek, Remy Sylado, Zeffry Alkatiri
Liberators, occupants and freedom fighters
Winternachten 2003
Japan as the liberator of Indonesia. It is an image that is not accepted by the Ducth. Last year a Japanese movie, Merdeka, showed that general Japanese view on history. How different are the views on the common past of Japan, The Netherlands and …
read moreGoenawan Mohamad, Paul van der Gaag, Rikki Kersten, Rudy Kousbroek
South-Africa, Flanders and The Netherlands: Unity of culture?
Winternachten 2003
Is is just the language that connects part of South-Africa with Flanders and the Netherlands? Benno Barnard, a Dutch writer living in Flanders for most of his life, meets South-African writer Etienne van Heerden and the Dutch writer Henk van …
read moreBenno Barnard, Etienne van Heerden, Henk van Woerden, Michaël Zeeman
Self-portrait of South-Africa
Winternachten 2003
'I see people rising from the putrid smells of oppresion. But I also see their wounds', writes the main character in The Quiet Violence of Dreams by K. Sello Duiker. He speaks with his elder fellow-countryman Etienne van Heerden. Literary critic …
read moreEtienne van Heerden, K. Sello Duiker, Michaël Zeeman
The Final Judgement on The Netherlands
Winternachten 2003
What's happening to The Netherlands? Is the moralizing attitude still appropriate? Criticizing others has never cost the Dutch much trouble. But how about self-criticism? Writer Leon de Winter opens the festival with a sermon, giving his 'final …
read moreElsbeth Etty, Hans Maarten van den Brink, Leon de Winter
Sermonizing: Sevtap Baycili
Winternachten 2003
Better than anyone Sevtap Baycili knows how to describe the Dutch multicultural society. In her book The foreigner's nightmare (De Nachtmerrie van de Allochtoon) she describes in an amusing way how indiginous Dutch and immigrants live together. A …
read moreSevtap Baycili
Sermonizing: Monique Hoogmoed
Winternachten 2003
Are Surinamese better than Maroccans, was the title of a television show made by Monique Hoogmoed and Samira Aboos in 2001. They took a close look at Dutch multicultural society. Hoogmoed is a wonderful candidate to give a sermon on the Dutch.
read moreMonique Hoogmoed
Sermonizing: Herman Franke
Winternachten 2003
Whether they are social or cultural values, Herman Franke eradicates every kind of superficiality every two weeks in his column in De Volkskrant. Whether it is the lack of literary programmes on television, the mass hysteria that emerged after the …
read moreHerman Franke
Sermonizing: Abdelkader Benali
Winternachten 2003
'How many wrong Dutch do we have? People with the wrong visions, wrong bank accounts, wrong holiday trips to Thailand? 'They all live in Holland, nobody asks them to leave', declared writer Abdelkader Benali when he was asked about the thin varnish …
read moreAbdelkader Benali
Sermonizing: Joost Zwagerman
Winternachten 2003
'Once we were proud of Maarten 't Hart and Jan Wolkers who fought the Dutch Reformed narrowmindedness.', said writer Joost Zwagerman when he was asked about the new social engagement. Zwagerman is certainly socially engaged, since he has been …
read moreJoost Zwagerman