




The Clearing
In postproduction, film, 85min
In postproduction, film, 85min
Logline
During Sumatra’s colonial “rubber boom,” the sexual indenturement of women workers was an open secret suppressed until today. Found and new footage synthesize with sonic, narrative, and visual fabulation in this essay of recognition and resistance.
Credits
writer/director Sabine Groenewegen
editor Diana Toucedo
producer Manon Bovenkerk for near/by film
composer Malu Peeters
editor Diana Toucedo
producer Manon Bovenkerk for near/by film
composer Malu Peeters
Supported by
Netherlands Film Fund | Amsterdam Art Fund |
Cultuurfonds | Doclisboa Nebulae '25 Benelux Showcase
Cultuurfonds | Doclisboa Nebulae '25 Benelux Showcase