CREDITS
Director, DOP: Nadine Haselier
Edit: Nadine Haselier, Richelle van Loon
Composing & Sound design: Daniel van Boom
Sound mix: Guido Beeldstroo
Colour grading: Maite Meijlink
Title design: Shavero Ferrier
Selected for Regard Bleu Film Festival 2024.
Premiered on 25 May 2025 on NPO2.
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.
Find out more about the film here.
︎ Research
︎ Production
︎ Direction
︎ Cinematography
︎ Edit
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.
Find out more about the film here.
︎ Research
︎ Production
︎ Direction
︎ Cinematography
︎ Edit