Leaving Nicaragua in crisis | Letters to Andalusia (1/6)
46How is it to leave your country behind because the situation is not safe anymore and how is it to settle down somewhere else? Journalist Stef Biemans and his wife Audrey left their home to find a place where they can stay safe.
A year ago, Stef Biemans and his family still lived in Nicaragua, in a quiet area of the pleasant village of Masaya. But his street turned into a war zone when the country went into a deep crisis and President Daniel Ortega cracked down the protests. Stef searched for a place to stay and ended up with his wife and children in Andalusia. To find his way and get to know this part of Spain better, in this six-part series he writes letters to the inhabitants. Stef discovers Andalusia on the basis of those letters, but parallel to this story you follow his personal situation, which of course is strongly influenced by the crisis in Nicaragua.
Stef, Audrey and their children Camilo and Lucy are newcomers to Andalusia, along with thousands of people who reached Spain by boat from Africa last summer. Here they are trying to build a new future. But can you settle down somewhere else if the situation in your own country escalated? And how do people in Andalusia welcome newcomers? Are they welcome?
Thanks to Roel van Broekhoven, Nicole Frints, Alejandro Avila, Jeroen Goeijers, Gerhard van der Breek, Daniel Naamani, Bert Bentsink, Elmar Veerman, Thomas van Manen, Hadewich van Daalen, Uelle Asselbergs, Audrey Sanchez
Original title: nieuwkomers – brieven aan andalusië (1/6)
8 september 2019
Director & Presentation: Stef Biemans
Research & Production: Barbara Smit
Edit: Pelle Asselbergs & Stef Biemans
Camera: Niels van Koevorden, Joost van Herwijnen
Sound: Tim van Peppen, Simone Galavazi, Jillis
Commissioning Editors: Joyce Daamen
Production: vpro Nicole Frints
Audio post-processing: Tim van Peppen
Production: Nicole Frints
Color correction: Gerhard van der Beek
Subtitling: Daniel Naamani
Communication vpro: Bert Bentsink
Online Editors: Elmar Veerman
Thanks to: Roel van Broekhoven
On VPRO broadcast you will find nonfiction videos with English subtitles, French subtitles and Spanish subtitles, such as documentaries, short interviews and documentary series.
This channel offers some of the best travel series from the Dutch broadcaster VPRO. Our series explore cultures from all over the world. VPRO storytellers have lived abroad for years with an open mind and endless curiosity, allowing them to become one with their new country. Thanks to these qualities, they are the perfect guides to let you experience a place and culture through the eyes of a local. Uncovering the soul of a country, through an intrinsic and honest connection, is what VPRO and its presenters do best.
So subscribe to our channel, and we will be delighted to share our adventures with you!
more information at https://www.VPRObroadcast.com
Visit additional youtube channels bij VPRO broadcast:
VPRO Broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/VPRObroadcast
VPRO Metropolis: https://www.youtube.com/user/VPROmetropolis
VPRO Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/VPROdocumentary
VPRO World Stories: https://www.youtube.com/VPROworldstories
VPRO Extra: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTLrhK07g6LP-JtT0VVE56A
VPRO VG (world music): https://www.youtube.com/vrijegeluiden
VPRO 3voor12 (alternative music): https://www.youtube.com/3voor12
VPRO 3voor12 extra (music stories): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtgVYRLGraeL9rGMiM3rBHA
www.VPRObroadcast.com