PARADIJSVOGELS
28' NETHERLANDS 2021
msc visual ethnography, leiden university
How do those who are displaced experience belonging without having a fixed place to call home? And how does the space we live in influence our sense of home? Paradijsvogels explores belonging in relation to (Dutch) Caribbean migration by focusing on the rhythms of everyday life in a temporary co-housing community in Rotterdam. While waiting for a permanent home, the inhabitants find themselves in limbo; a state where home is made out of memories of the past and dreams for the future. Focusing on everyday encounters between the residents and their movements in this confined space in which time seems to stand still this film captures how home is experienced as more than just a physical place.
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28' NETHERLANDS 2021
msc visual ethnography, leiden university
How do those who are displaced experience belonging without having a fixed place to call home? And how does the space we live in influence our sense of home? Paradijsvogels explores belonging in relation to (Dutch) Caribbean migration by focusing on the rhythms of everyday life in a temporary co-housing community in Rotterdam. While waiting for a permanent home, the inhabitants find themselves in limbo; a state where home is made out of memories of the past and dreams for the future. Focusing on everyday encounters between the residents and their movements in this confined space in which time seems to stand still this film captures how home is experienced as more than just a physical place.
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