Film Screening: Mother Suriname
This women’s history month, visit Teachers College, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY for the African Diaspora International Film Festival’s Women’s History Month Film Series. Films will screen from Friday, March 28 – 30, 2025.
On Friday, March 28, watch MOTHER SURINAME
In this touching documentary, a woman looks back on her life, through narration and song. In Mother Suriname – Mama Sranan, filmmaker Tessa Leuwsha uses a stream of fascinating colorized archival footage to illustrate the lives of Surinamese women like her grandmother, who was a washerwoman.
