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Greetings from the Colony

2011 · 74 min

A quiet, reflective family history that unfolds slowly, weaving personal memory into the larger wounds of colonial history.

Overview
Born in the colonial time from a Belgian agent and a Rwandan woman, Suzanne is only 4 years old when her father brings her to Europe in 1930 to give her a European education. Suzanne’s father is also the director’s grandfather, who discovered only at the age of 27 that she had a mixed race aunt. Twenty years later, she makes this film, in which the family story intersects the bigger history.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • family
    • colonialism
    • race
    • memory
    Places
    None
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Nathalie Borgers
    Written by
    Nathalie Borgers
    Runtime
    74 min
    Country
    France, Belgium
    Languages
    French

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