It premiered on Saturday at the festivals 1,400 seat cinema Royal Theatre Carre.
Multiple follow up screenings have all sold out.
Using propaganda and collaborating with media and historians, they framed their interventions as peacekeeping.
‘Selling a Colonial War’Courtesy of IDFA/Rise and Shine
And of course how this legacy of colonialism affects countries and peoples formerly colonized.
The film delves into how Dutch society struggles with its colonial history and the ongoing debates.
It highlights the role and impact of propaganda and the battle for narrative control.
‘Selling a Colonial War’Courtesy of IDFA/Rise and Shine/Gerda Jansen Hendriks
We can see parallels between historical events and current wars in Ukraine and Palestine.
The storytelling of the film aims to make this complex history accessible to a wider audience.
These themes resonate with experiences of both former colonizers and colonized countries worldwide.
You certainly should be proud.
Rise and Shine World Sales describes itself as an international sales agency for outstanding award-winning documentary films.
We operate on a boutique size level, currently taking a maximum of 15 handpicked films per year.
Rise and Shines titleIn Wolf Countryis directed by German filmmaker Ralf Bucheler.
In fact there werent even any wolves in western Europe for a long time.
In her latest documentary, she focuses on the Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam.
He exposes the corruption and hypocrisy of the Iranian regime.
He does so at the risk of his own life and lives under permanent guard.
