Current Project
NEPAC is about to release in July 2010 a full-length documentary film on the future of the children and youth of the Moluccan exile community in The Netherlands. Although Moluccans have been living in The Netherlands for over 50 years, they have kept a distinct ethnic identity, strong social and emotional ties with their home islands in Eastern Indonesia, and were long resisting integration into Dutch society. Over the years, they acquired a reputation of being prone to violence and dependent on welfare. Particularly, Moluccan youths are seen as marginal in Dutch society, having a high school dropout rate, widespread drug addiction, gang-membership, low work ethic, and large unemployment.
Taking a historical perspective, the documentary deals with the issues that may be responsible for the endemic difficulties Moluccans, as a group, appear to have in adjusting to life in Dutch society. By focusing on children and youth, traditional conceptions of integration will be challenged and predictions about the future of Moluccans in the Netherlands will be offered. The film will be released in a Dutch and an International version.
The title of the documentary is:
dieter at nunusaku.com