Director: Sandra Beerends
Runtime: 78 mins
Country: Netherlands
Language: Indonesian with English subtitles
Rating: PG13

Synopsis

Told using archival footage, They Call me Babu is a film about native Indonesian girls working as nannies (pembantu) for colonial Dutch against the backdrop of WWII  and the struggle for independence in Indonesia. Told from the perspective of Alima who decides to flee from an arranged marriage to work as a pembantu for a Dutch family, she looks critically at colonial society and her own situation.  

The film competed at the 2020 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the 2021 International Emmy Awards. It won Best Documentary at the 2020 Netherlands Film Festival and the Viktor Award at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival.

Reciprocal 2023 runs from 2 – 25 June 2023. See the full programme here.

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