Talks & Media

Lectures, screenings with conversation, and panel contributions on colonial legacies, Indigenous perspectives and the future of the rainforest. Available in Dutch and English.

Book a talk

Freek de Goeje in conversation on stage, the film title projected behind him — In conversation about the film at Gorinchem Film Festival

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Lecture

An illustrated talk with images from film and archive, for museums, universities, schools and libraries.

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Screening and conversation

The Tumuk Humak Expedition followed by a conversation with the audience, optionally with a book signing.

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Panel or debate

Contributions to debates on colonial history, reconciliation, Indigenous rights and the rainforest.

Selected talks and screenings

2026Naturalis Biodiversity CenterSpotlight talk: Expeditions in Perspective
Pakhuis de Zwijger, AmsterdamDe Wayana: strijd voor rechten in Suriname
Gorinchem Film FestivalConversation about De Toemoek Hoemak Expeditie
2023SPUI25 & Allard Pierson, AmsterdamScreening and debate: De Toemoek Hoemak Expeditie, 23 June 2023
2022SPUI25, AmsterdamSpeaker: Ontmoetingen in de Surinaamse jungle

Freek speaking at a lectern at SPUI25, an archive photograph projected behind him — Lecture at SPUI25, Amsterdam

Freek speaking into a microphone during a stage interview — Gorinchem Film Festival

In the media

Radio · NPO Radio 1 · 2023

De Wayana en De Goeje

Interview for OVT (VPRO), broadcast 17 September 2023.

Writing · De Ware Tijd · 2024

Het Wayana-zijn opnieuw uitvinden in een onomkeerbare wereld

Report by Freek de Goeje, 1 October 2024.

Writing · Parbode · 2025

Huichelen in Belém (PDF)

Reportage from COP30 in Belém on how Indigenous peoples were left out of Suriname's climate story. Parbode 233, Dec 2025 – Jan 2026.