Andere Tijden presents the new 8-part documentary series Indonesia calls! In it, Hans Goedkoop follows the trail of his grandfather: Rein van Langen. 'Grandpa Rein', born on Java, grew up around 1900 at a time when the colonial rule of Indonesia was still seems unshakable.
A chronicle of legendary Dutch singer Ramses Shaffy’s rise to fame, from his early days as a stage actor in late 1950s Amsterdam to his emergence as a national music icon throughout the following two decades.
In the year that the gas tap in Groningen is finally closed, Andere Tijden (NTR) presents the four-part documentary series The earth is shaking: about the discovery of the gas bubble, the cheering everywhere in the Netherlands, the economic trees that reach the sky and the consequences and aftermath for the residents.
Ruben Terlou, once trained as a doctor, meets courageous go-getters in healthcare in seven countries who try to cure not only the ailment, but also the sickening conditions such as poverty, inequality, pollution and insecurity.
A series about the AZC (Asylum Seekers Centre) in Zutphen. An unusual, intimate portrait of people who live together under a glass bell jar. About their joy, sadness, and sometimes despair. Every aspect is highlighted, from the desire to belong to the emotional bonds that develop between residents and employees.
Huub Stapel travels with writer Eva Vriend to the place where it all began: the Andijk test polder. In the Wieringermeerpolder he meets the sons of two polder pioneers who came with their parents full of expectation at the beginning of the last century to colonize the new land.