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2000s: .Exquisitely captures the way our lives and identities are interwoven with the land we live on…
2000s: .Exquisitely captures the way our lives and identities are interwoven with the land we live on…
Femke, her mother Trijn and her grandfather have very different ideas about how to run their family farm. Tensions between mother and daughter are growing; Femke wants to switch to sustainable growing principles, whilst her mother considers this an attack on tradition. To make matters worse, their home province of Groningen is experiencing a series of earthquakes caused by drilling for gas at a site close to their farm. While the cracks and splinters in their farmhouse increase, the authorities and the state-owned gas company refuse to offer the local farming community any help.
Groningen
The capital of the north, Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of the country.
Schokland
Schokland is a former island in the Dutch Zuiderzee, in the municipality of Noordoostpolder. Schokland was an elongated strip of peat land which ceased to be an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942
Destination/location: Groningen, Schokland Author/guide: Gerard Reve Departure Time: 1944
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