The Promise
- Date: 02 July
- Time: Time depends on the day
- Location: Filmhuis Den Haag
With uniquely restored 35mm archival footage, The Promise reveals the ignored genocide of the West Papuans - a story of betrayal, oppression and a people in danger of extinction.
"The Promise'' casts a confronting light on a part of history that is rarely discussed in the Netherlands: the colonization of West Papua."
(Read Roos' full commentary below)
A forgotten struggle, a lost future. In the 1960s, it seemed that West Papua was on the path to independence. But international interests, geopolitical power dynamics, and economic profit motives decided otherwise. With unique and impressively restored 35mm archival footage, The Promise brings this history back to life and reveals how a people were systematically betrayed and oppressed.
'An important documentary' – de Volkskrant (★★★★)
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