NADINE HASELIER  - Visual Ethnographer & DOP





























       
        CREDITS
        Director, DOP: Nadine Haselier
        Edit: Nadine Haselier, Richelle van Loon
        Composing: Daniel van Boom
        Sound design: Guido Beeldstroo
        Colour grading: Maite Meijlink
        Title design: Shavero Ferrier
    
        In post-production, to be released in 2025.
RADJ: On Roots & Rooting is a personal documentary by Nadine Haselier.

In 1975, 28-year-old Radjkoemarie left Suriname for the Netherlands to build a new home and better life for her young family. Two generations later, granddaughter Nadine explores her Indo-Surinamese roots based on the story of her Nani. What can Radj’s journey tell us about the meaning of home and planting roots in foreign soil? And what does it mean to have roots in multiple places?

In "Radj: On Roots & Rooting", filmmaker Nadine Haselier investigates her Indo-Surinamese roots through the life story of her Nani (grandmother) Radjkoemarie. Through a series of interviews, archival research and tracing back her family tree together with Nani, the film explores a collaborative approach in an effort to decolonise the (visual) representations of the Indo-Surinamese community.


This project is supported by the  Fonds ZOZ, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and het Cultuurfonds.





©Nadine Haselier