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The first herrings of the season are known in the Netherlands as “Hollandse Nieuwe”. They are a popular snack, celebrated every year with their own festival. For the Dutch herring fishermen, however, there is little to celebrate. Only two ships still fly the Dutch flag. With long takes and impressive imagery, Raw Herring observes the exhausting work of the last herring fishers. A film about the slow end of a 1000-year old tradition and the hunt for a national symbol which even Queen Beatrix no longer sees as exclusively Dutch.
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Hollandse Nieuwe
Documentary Feature
Dutch
Drei Farben Grün//FF2013
Netherlands
2013
85 min
OV with English subtitles
Hetty Naaijkens Retel-Helmrich, Leonard Retel-Helmrich
Leonard Retel-Helmrich, Hetty Naaijkens Retel-Helmrich, Ester Gould
In-Soo Radstake, Esther van Messel
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Jasper Naaijkens
Fahmy Al-Attas
First Hand Films
In-Soo Productions, The EO