Cineblend, the monthly evening of SAVAN (Dutch Foundation for Audiovisual Anthropology) featuring dinner, film, and debate, kicks off the new season on Tuesday, October 4 with:

Slavery and Slavery Junior

The five-part television series *De Slavernij* (Slavery) provides a picture of the history of slavery in the former Dutch colonies through diaries, personal documents, and interviews with experts. Presented by Daphne Bunskoek and Roué Verveer, the series adopts the perspective of ordinary people and aims for a broad audience, partly by airing the series during prime time (Sundays at 8:15 PM). A youth version has also been produced, which airs prior to the adult version on Sundays at 6:15 PM.

Tonight we will be talking to some of the creators of the two series. Is slavery still a relevant issue? Why was this approach chosen, with two well-known Dutch personalities as presenters? Why was a Junior series also produced? And how do the Junior and the Adult episodes differ? How do you convey such a difficult subject to both adults and young people? What choices are made in doing so? And why were well-known Dutch personalities chosen as presenters?

The guests are:
Katinka de Maar: director of De Slavernij Junior. She began as a documentary filmmaker in 1990 and studied at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and the Media Academy in Hilversum. Katinka worked for three years at a mixed primary school in Amsterdam-North and, as a freelance director, has focused on documentaries about the lives of children worldwide. She has already won various awards at film festivals for her work.

Lyangelo Vasquez: researcher for the series Slavery. Has also worked as a web editor for VPRO's Andere Tijden.

Evelien Vehof: freelance journalist and editor for De Slavernij Junior and other television programs. She is a member of the Mediaridders, an Amsterdam association of investigative journalists. Together with Els Duran, she established the multimedia project 'Citizens of Nowhere' about the lives of stateless people worldwide.

The moderator for this evening is Milouska Meulens, born in Curaçao and a presenter for the NOS Jeugdjournaal since 2000. She studied at the Utrecht School of Journalism and has worked as a researcher for the program Zembla, among others. Milouska also produces segments for the Jeugdjournaal.

We look forward to seeing you at this inspiring evening!

For more information: www.savan.nl/cineblend, [email protected], 020 - 5688 520

Location
Linnaesstraat 2, Amsterdam



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