For those of you located in the Netherlands:
YOU ARE INVITED!
Monday, July 3rd - Amsterdam, Pakhuis de Zwijger 8-10 pm
Screening and After-talk of the captivating documentary "A Story of Bones"
They were liberated from the slave ships, but never returned to their homeland in Afrika
Working for the constructor of an airport on Saint Helena, Namibian Annina Van Neel hears about the discovery of mass graves of formerly enslaved people on the island. When she starts fighting for an honorable resting place, she has to take on resistance, indifference and the persistent legacy of colonialism.
The small island Saint Helena is renowned as the place Napoleon Bonaparte spent his final years. Napoleon’s (empty) tomb is the center of reverence and memorial ceremonies. But the stories of an estimated 9.000 formerly enslaved people who were buried in mass graves on the island in the 19th century – one third of whom were children – have never been told.
When Annina Van Neel was working for a company building an airport on the island, her job was to make sure the discovery of the graves didn’t cause any delays. However, her conscience caught up with her. The bones, along with ornaments, clothing and hair, had been placed in boxes as a ‘temporary measure’. But as time goes by, nobody in power wants to take responsibility. Haunted by this historical injustice, Annina Van Neel goes on a mission to fight for a proper memorial for these forgotten victims.
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Directors: Joseph Curran, Dominic Aubrey de Vere
Protagonists: Annina van Neel, Peggy King Jorde
Present at the location: Kenneth Cuvalay and other members of the St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance