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In 1972, René van Nie was commissioned by Sticusa to make a film about the Netherlands Antilles. Buskando is a quest to discover what, so many years after the slave uprising of 1795, still remains of the ideas of Tula — his drive for freedom and independence. What is the state of the search for a distinct identity? Featuring Eddie Kelly. Title song: Ellis Juliana. Restored by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. Followed by Preserved Images, New Perspectives, by Dyonna Benett. A provenance study of Sticusa films by Wibert Tecla and René van Nie viewed through a contemporary lens. How and with whom were the films made, where were they shown, and how were they received? And how might the films be viewed today? With thanks to the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and the Consortium Colonial Collections. Dyonna Benett, with roots in Curaçao and the Dominican Republic, is a heritage specialist and curator (including for the National Archives in The Hague and the Maritime Museum Amsterdam). She has worked for the Mondriaan Fund and the Fund for Cultural Participation.