9/11 Documentaries Aired on TV in Suriname
After a long while of trying, the first two of a total of ten documentaries on the issues surrounding the attacks on September 11, 2001 in the USA have finally been aired on TV in Suriname. I wrote about my experiences with trying to get these documentaries aired here and here.
The documentaries are being broadcasted by a TV station called Trishul (channel 20) in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. You can find information about the broadcasting schedule and the documentaries here (the language is Dutch). On that website I also report the latest news and coverage of the documentaries in the local media. Promotion of these documentaries started last week in various local newspapers. I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback ever since. I haven’t gotten a single negative remark so far. The only complaint people had was that the time at which the documentaries are being broadcasted (at 3:00pm) is not very convenient for them, since most people are still at work or are on the way home from work. Based on this feedback I arranged with Trishul to have the documentaries broadcasted again at midnight on the same day. That way some people still have a chance to watch them at night when they’re home, even though it’s quite late. Trishul could not offer me any better broadcasting times due to their busy programming schedule. The documentaries are being broadcasted on Friday and Saturday so it’s not that bad since most people don’t have to go to work the next day and can stay up late to watch them if they can’t watch them in the afternoon.
Unfortunately this is the best I could get so far, and instead of waiting I wanted to start getting the information out to people. Meanwhile I’m going to continue looking for better options at other TV stations. A lot of people also asked me if they can get the documentaries on DVD, so I arranged with Trishul to sell the documentaries on DVD to people who want to buy them. I’m also going to look at the possibility of having some local DVD rental stores rent the documentaries on DVD. Meanwhile I’ve been contacted by a TV station in another district, Nickerie, who are interested in broadcasting the documentaries for the people there. So I’ll also be looking at that possibility.
Based on the feedback I got so far, there’s a lot of interest for this kind of information. A lot of people have expressed how glad they are that someone is bringing this to their attention and making it available to them. Here in Suriname, most people do not have (good enough) access to the Internet and can’t get this material themselves. In addition, people don’t even know that it exists. Next Friday and Saturday, the really good info will start to air. I wonder what kind of feedback I’ll be getting…
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