YardVibes x Keti Koti 2024
Originally Suriname’s ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ on July 1, ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ (meaning ‘the chain is broken’ in Sranantongo) has come to mark the day to commemorate the slavery past of the former Dutch colonies in the Caribbean and a celebration of the abolition of Dutch slavery (1863/1873). In honor of ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ, this weekend we will be offering ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ on our streaming platform ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐! From ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ญ-๐ณ, the documentaries ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ท๐ธ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ and ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ, as well as the short narratives ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐น and ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ will be available via www.yardvibes.nl. On each Vimeo on Demand page you are able to rent the film for free with promo code KETIKOTI2024. ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ! ๐๐ฟ๐คโ๐ฟ
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ท๐ธ๐๐บ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ (2021) is a documentary about the genesis of the slavery exhibition in the Rijksmuseum and the way in which this leading national museum in the Netherlands aims to reinvents itself.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/newlight
๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ (2018) is an immersive documentary about a Maroon community in Suriname and how their powerful ties to the land have become endangered as industries threaten to devastate the region through deforestation and mining.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/stoneshavelaws
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ: ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ (1994) is a documentary that traces the origins of the Brokopondo dam project in Surinam and the consequences of transmigration for the Maroon people, who were forced to leave their traditional lands.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/brokopondofilm
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ ๐๐ถ๐น (2008) is a short narrative about the Antillean legend of Buchi Fil, the strongest slave who ever lived, based on a poem by acclaimed Curaรงaon poet Pierre Laufferm.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thelegendofbuchifil
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฎ (2019) is a short narrative about two high school friends, Julie and Xiomara, who spend the day of Lighting Parade in Pariba, Aruba, together, knowing that they will soon be separated as they will leave their island to pursue higher education in the Netherlands.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/pariba
During ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ weekend (July 1-7, 2024), you are able use promo code ‘KETIKOTI2024’ to rent these films for free!
Step-by-step instructions on how to get the films for free:
1. Go to the specific Vimeo on Demand page of the film you want to watch (see the links above)
1. Press the green rent button
2. Press on ‘Apply promo code’
3. Apply promo code KETIKOTI2024
4. Rent the film for free (for 72 hours)
NB. You do not need to provide any payment info, but you do need (to create) a (free) Vimeo account.
